Getting on with the job? What job, precisely, Prime Minister?

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrision said it was ‘the right decision’ of the Victorian Premier to impose lockdown draconian measures that have been responsible for the greatest violation of fundamental rights in Australia’s history in response to a motion moved by opposition leader Anthony Albanese ahead of question time celebrating Victoria’s reopening after defeating a second wave of coronavirus infections.  

Dr Rocco Loiacono is senior lecturer at Curtin Law School. In his most recent piece for The Spectator Australia’s Flat White, he reminded us that ‘the Prime Minister’s weak criticism of the Victorian government in the parliament while at the same time justifying his actions is consistent with…