Premier Gladys Berejiklian has delivered a pointed message for state premiers refusing to budge on their borders.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has made a sly dig at states who are refusing to open their borders while talking about her “absolute dream” for Christmas.
Ms Berejiklian said on Monday her government would press forward with plans to scale back restrictions once double-dose jab rates reach 70 and 80 per cent, and said she hoped other states and territories wouldn’t shut people from NSW out.
“It would be disappointing if NSW and Victorian residents were able to go overseas before they can go interstate,” Gladys Berejiklian said.
“We want Australians reunited with their families at Christmas time. My absolute goal and dream is to have every Australian be home for Christmas, whether it’s Aussies within Australia visiting loved ones, or Aussies overseas coming back home.
“Once we hit 80 per cent double-dose vaccination, NSW will continue to do what we’ve done during the entire pandemic - do more than our fair share of reuniting families, of having a compassionate approach, accepting we're all Australians and that’s our absolute goal.”
When questioned about whether WA Premier Mark McGowan’s defiance of the plan to open international borders at 80 per cent double vaccination would impact her own decision, Ms Berejiklian suggested not only would she be opening, but also considering home quarantine for returning travellers.
“We will follow what is in the national plan, that every single Premier has signed up to,” she said.
“Now, I hope premiers don’t back away from that plan but National Cabinet signed off on what 80 per cent double-dose vaccination would look like and that involves consideration of international travel, of welcoming more Aussies home and also, once we hit 70 per cent double dose we’ll be thinking about, if not before hand, how we treat people in quarantine when they’re coming home.
“If you have fully vaccinated Aussies coming home, do you expect them to be in a hotel for two weeks in quarantine? Can we look after them at home as we do all the COVID cases now?”
In an equally fiery appearance, Health Minister Brad Hazzard slammed “selfish or self-entitled” people who pass on their chance to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Mr Hazzard’s remarks came as the state announced two-thirds of adults had received at least one jab.
When asked what the virus situation would look like in October, and when intensive care unit admissions are expected to peak, he replied it would depend on how many people were vaccinated before then.
“What the actual figures are vary, depending on the inputs. The most important input, of course, is how many people are going to get vaccinated,” Mr Hazzard said.
“So the short answer is, as I said earlier: get out and get vaccinated. Don’t be so selfish or self-entitled to think you’re different from the rest of us. You’re not.
“Go and get vaccinated and give the entire community, particularly frontline medical staff, a fair go.”
People who are vaccinated against the coronavirus are much less likely to fall seriously ill or die if they catch the virus. The vaccines have also proven effective in reducing transmission.
Full coverage is reached once a person has had two doses of the vaccine, with the second dose delivered 4-12 weeks after the first.
As the coronavirus outbreak that began in Sydney in mid-June has spiralled out of control, the state government has increased its efforts to get the vaccination rates up.
According to Commonwealth figures released at the weekend, 35.8 per cent of eligible people in NSW have been fully vaccinated.
People aged over 16 are now eligible to get vaccinated. Those aged between 12 and 15 will become eligible starting mid-September.
It’s hoped that a combination of high jab rates and tough restrictions on movement will succeed in driving the NSW case numbers and hospitalisations down.
Since June 16, there have been more than 21,000 cases in NSW, with another 1164 added on Tuesday.
There have been 96 deaths related to the virus since then, and on Tuesday there were 871 infected people in hospitals, 143 of whom were in intensive care.
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