Finally, NSW Premier & Liberal MLA for Willoughby Gladys Berejiklian appears to be rebelling against Scott Morrison's unreasonable & dangerous demands for the state to shoulder more of the federal government's constitutional responsibilities

News.com.au, 7 June 2021:

The NSW Premier has issued a warning to the Prime Minister, declaring if the federal government wants to increase quarantine capacity it’s going to have to “do it themselves”.

“If the feds (federal government) want to increase capacity in NSW they’re going to have to build and operate a facility themselves,” Gladys Berejiklian told 2GB’s Ben Fordham.

The state welcomed home thousands of Australians every week and there were between 5000 and 5500 people in hotel quarantine across NSW at any given time, the Premier explained.

Any more than that “isn’t good”, Ms Berejiklian declared, citing advice from police and health officials.

Ms Berejiklian warned once international borders opened those hotels could no longer be used as quarantine facilities, presenting an enormous challenge for the government.

“In the future you can’t have a hotel built for tourism as a quarantine facility,” she said.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has issued a warning to Scott Morrison. 

Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy PiperSource:News Corp Australia

 

“I said to the feds ‘5000 is all we can do in NSW and we’re doing it’. I don’t know any state that comes close to that and we do it without complaining.

“I am having a bit of a whinge today but rightfully so.”

She said another 10 new quarantine facilities would need to be built to match what NSW was already doing….. 

Very quickly after this article was published the Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt went to the media with this statement:

"The PM has confirmed with the premier that at this point they're not seeking any additional quarantine facility in New South Wales".

I suspect that the premier's confirmation, if it was indeed supplied, was not enthusiastically given to 'Bully Boy' Morrison.