The roar of frustration from Australian households finally reached the courtyards of Parliament House on Wednesday with a volume Scott Morrison could not ignore.
But the Prime Minister did not apologise for the pain. He only conceded it was there.
Scott Morrison did not apologise for the pain Australians were feeling from Omicron. He only conceded it was there.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Morrison made sure his opening remarks to his press conference on Wednesday, broadcast live as usual on ABC TV and Sky News, were about acknowledging the anger in the community over the Omicron wave.
“You’ve seen queues, you’ve seen rising cases, you’ve seen pressures on hospital systems, you’ve seen disruption of supply chains, you’ve seen shortages of tests,” he said.
This came with a message, however, that Australians were not alone in seeing this pain – and that their Prime Minister, by implication, was not at fault.
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“You’ve seen all of these in all of these countries all around the world,” he said.
“That is what Omicron has brought. But that is of no comfort to Australians who have had a frustrating and difficult and highly concerning summer, and that is something that we must continue to work together to push through.”
This was not a mea culpa. Labor leader Anthony Albanese says Morrison failed to order enough vaccines in time last year and has just made the same mistake with rapid antigen tests. Morrison did not give a quarter on this charge.
The PM’s apology that was not an apology
Source: Philippines Alive
