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Coronavirus row erupts between NSW and WA as McGowan Government accused of ‘lecturing’
Acting New South Wales Premier John Barilaro says he is “sick to death of being lectured to” by the WA Government over how the Northern Beaches COVID-19 cluster has been handled.
Key points:
- John Barilaro says NSW is doing the “heavy lifting” with overseas arrivals
- He says lecturing from other states like WA is “bloody hard to accept”
- But the WA Premier says NSW has “struggled” and he just wants to help
In the early days of the outbreak, the WA Premier Mark McGowan urged NSW to stop “playing whack-a-mole” in the areas where the virus surfaced.
He also criticised its aircrew quarantine arrangements.
“I am sick to death of being lectured to by Western Australia and some of the other states, when we’re doing the heavy lifting,” Mr Barilaro told…
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