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John Roskam

Victorian lockdown could eliminate PM

Scott Morrison has ignored what’s gone on under Daniel Andrews, but the ludicrous narrative that the federal government is to blame for the fourth shutdown could harm the Prime Minister’s re-election chances.

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For 6.6 million Victorians the cycle of lockdowns begins again. Schools closed, business shut, and the life of communities asphyxiated.

And as Victorians know by now, after a total of more than five months of lockdown, with the lockdowns come the evasions, the half-truths, and the obfuscations delivered by the Andrews government, that the Melbourne media then repeats uncritically.

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John Roskam is a senior fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Connect with John on Twitter.

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