With his back to the wall, the Prime Minister faced a barrage of questions from both Sunrise and Today show presenters as well as political jabs from Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.The majority of the frustration relates to accusations from the Victorian government that Mr Morrison has favoured NSW after offering financial relief to struggling businesses during the latest outbreak.The Victorian government released a scathing statement on Tuesday, saying its residents were “sick and tired” of having to beg for help and the support for NSW represented a “double standard” compared with the relief it was given last year during long Victorian lockdowns.From Sunday, the Covid-19 Disaster Payment in NSW will increase from $500 to $600 per week if a person has lost 20 hours or more of work a week or $325 to $375 each week if a person has lost between eight and 20 hours.But Sunrise host David Koch grilled Mr Morrison on financial support given to the two states, remarking, “You’re being accused of not being fair.”The Prime Minister snapped, “Well, that’s just nonsense.“The numbers don’t (support that). They are two different situations, the Victoria lockdown went for two weeks and what happened in NSW is exactly what has happened in Victoria. “It’s the same support provided by the commonwealth to NSW and Victoria during the two-week period. We are now going into a longer lockdown. When Victoria needed the country last year in that long lockdown on the second wave, the commonwealth was putting in three-quarters of a billion dollars into Victoria every week.“In Victoria, there was more JobKeeper provided than any other state.”Labor leader Mr Albanese was on ABC breakfast radio throwing barbs at his opposition that were then passed onto Mr Morrison during a Today show interview.“Anthony Albanese has labelled you ‘incompetent’ and said the vaccine failures have endangered lives. Your response to that?” Today host Allison Langdon asked.“Well, if negativity was the answer then Labor would be the solution,” Mr Morrison responded, prompting laughter from the Today show hosts.“But that’s not the solution. The solution is, working together, not undermining to score political points.”
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