Call in the Covid Army! By Brian Simpson

ScoMo is serious, considering using the Australian Defence forces to deal with the latest Covid outbreak in Sydney. This has not happened yet, but did happen in Melbourne in 2020, so who knows what is in store? I guess tanks in the street will break up the boredom of the normal Covid day. But, at least put black attack choppers in the air, and fighter jets overhead. That will keep them off the streets, for sure.

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“Scott Morrison has offered to call in the Defence Forces to help curb Sydney’s Delta outbreak multiple times, but NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has refused at each point.

The NSW Premier has now called the outbreak a “national emergency” after 136 cases emerged in NSW on Friday and has demanded an extra 1 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine be redirected to south-western Sydney.

Federal government sources say the Prime Minister has considered the Sydney outbreak a “national emergency” for some weeks and has offered ADF intervention since July 7.

Defence Force personnel were sent to Melbourne at the height of its months-long 2020 outbreak to help keep the virus contained.

Only Governor General David Hurley - at the advice of Mr Morrison - can declare a national emergency under the National Emergency Declaration Act.

Mr Morrison, Ms Bejeliklian and other state and territory leaders are currently meeting at a session of national cabinet to discuss the growing Covid-19 crisis.”