Labor’s Palaszczuk manipulates Queenslanders for virus shutdowns
MEDIA RELEASE
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has blatantly misled and manipulated everyday Queenslanders by accepting false advice that triggered harsh lockdowns of schools, businesses and rural towns.
In an insult to diligent Queenslanders, the Labor leader personally supported directives to shut down schools not because of health risks, but to manipulate Queenslanders about the seriousness of the virus.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said Premier Palaszczuk’s use of scaremongering and her ignorance of the impact of closures on the health of children exposed a lack of leadership as well as her lack of understanding that comes only from being a mother.
“Our school children need to socialise with their friends, but Labor chose to use manipulation and scaremongering to lock them up, put them at risk of anxiety, self-harm and suicide, based on false and dodgy advice, it’s totally unacceptable,” One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson said.
“We have parents who are expected to be teachers, mental health experts, to be the breadwinners in some way, and also find time to care for their own health, but Labor believes they are too stupid to take the virus seriously so they tricked them with false reasoning.
“Palaszczuk got the poor advice, she knew the truth, and at the end of the day the decisions are hers and it’s had a devastating impact on the state, it’s just not good enough.
“Palaszczuk should be ashamed of herself, to belittle Queenslanders, to share in the manipulation and wilfully neglect the health of our children in that way; it is improper and reflects her poor leadership and lack of experience in looking after a family and children.
“And here she was pretending to care about the people.”
Senator Hanson’s comments come as Labor’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young admitted in the media that the school lockdowns was more about “getting to people” with a message than actual health risks.
The Queensland directives contradicted the urgings of the National Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy, who repeatedly said schools were safe to open.
Labor’s Dr Young was quoted:
“If you go out to the community and say, ‘this is so bad, we can’t even have schools, all schools have got to be closed’, you are really getting to people,” Dr Young says.
“So sometimes it’s more than just the science and the health, it’s about the messaging.”
Senator Hanson demanded that the Premier sack Dr Young for her misguided management and her blatant manipulation of Queenslanders.
“Palaszczuk needs to wear this massive failure, it shows a lack of faith in the Queenslanders who have led this fight against the virus with courage and cooperation, but that effort is obviously not respected or appreciated by the Labor government,” Senator Hanson said.
“It’s shameful and goes to the heart of what Labor stands for – they are users, they lack empathy, they think they’re too good for the rest of us, and they don’t truly care about Queenslanders.”
