Annastacia Palaszczuk pushes for an urgent national cabinet meeting amid surge in cases and Covid panic across Australia
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called for a national cabinet meeting to help deal with rising Covid-19 cases as Australia battles a third wave of the virus.
In a press conference in Brisbane on Wednesday, Ms Palaszczuk urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to convene a national cabinet meeting ‘in the next couple of weeks’ for a pandemic update from the nation’s chief health officer.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured) urged Mr Albanese to hold a national cabinet meeting as Covid-19 cases surge across the country
‘I think it’s going to get to the stage where in the next two or three weeks we may need a national cabinet meeting,’ Ms Palaszczuk said.
‘I have already put out there to the prime minister that it would be good, I think, for national cabinet to get an update from the chief health officer if these cases continue to do this upward trend that we’re seeing.’
More to come.
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