'Unforgivable': Frydenberg and Andrews go to war

Phillip Coorey, James Eyers and Sue Mitchell

Oct 19, 2020 – 7.03pm

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Open warfare has erupted between Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg amid a growing suspicion inside the Morrison government that the timid reopening of the state economy stems from a lack of confidence in its COVID-19 testing and tracing regimes.

Mr Andrews mocked Mr Frydenberg's leadership bona fides after the Treasurer accused him of a callous indifference towards jobs and small business.

Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence.

James Eyers writes on banking, finance, payments, regulation and emerging technologies. Based in Sydney, he is a former legal and investment banking editor at the AFR and has been a business journalist for more than 20 years.

Sue Mitchell writes the fortnightly Window Shopping column for the Financial Review and has covered retailing for over 30 years.