Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has accused Scott Morrison of 'pandering to extremists' following another large protest in Melbourne on Saturday against the state government's contentious pandemic bill and vaccine mandates.
The Victorian premier says Scott Morrison's failure to condemn last week's protests in Melbourne was"offensive" to Victorians, while Labor's Jim Chalmers says the prime minister is playing"a dangerous game".
“I am offended on behalf of all Victorians. Why would you, would anyone, let alone our national leader take away from five million Victorians, the credit that belongs to them? The fact that he couldn’t just pause and say ‘well done’ without pandering to extremists is beyond me." "I condemn without reservation, without qualification, the violent threats being made here, even if the prime minister won't," Dr Chalmers told ABC's Insiders program.
"I think what is especially troubling to mainstream Australia is the rest of us see the kind of violent politics that have emerged in the United States in the last couple of years, and we want to reject it, and the prime minister seems to want to embrace those kind of violent views and violent threats."It comes as Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath revealed she had received threats due to the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
When the Brisbane crowd was asked by a protester what they thought of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, someone yelled: "Hang the b****". "You've also got a responsibility to the broader community to ensure those people who are attempting to hijack your democratic process don't use what you want to do for a lawful purpose, for something which could quite seriously escalate into something very concerning."Government frontbencher Stuart Robert backed Mr Morrison's stance.
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