Darwin’s national cabinet delayed amid interstate Covid outbreak
National cabinet’s first face-to-face meeting for next month has been postponed as New South Wales battles a Covid-19 outbreak.
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THE first face-to-face national cabinet of 2021 has been postponed as states battle new outbreaks of Covid-19.
Earlier this month it was announced that all state and territory leaders, as well as Prime Minister Scott Morrison, would meet in Darwin on July 9.
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Chief Minister Michael Gunner however said on Thursday that the evolving situation interstate situation, particularly in Sydney, had seen the event moved potentially to late-August.
“We’re excited to be hosting national cabinet and having our nation’s leaders see first-hand how Territorians are leading the national comeback,” Mr Gunner said.
“I’ve been talking directly to the PM, and we’ll still be hosting the national cabinet very soon.”
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