Scott Morrison says governments should let Australians ‘take their lives back’

The prime minister calls on state and territory governments to step back from interfering in people’s lives and suggests they relax mandatory vaccine laws. While Scott Morrison says he has ’no tolerance’ for violent, anti-government protest, it is now time for ’Australians to take their lives back’. ’We aren’t in favour of mandatory vaccines imposed by the government … Vaccines only are mandatory in cases where you’ve got health workers that are working with vulnerable people,’ he says. ’That’s what our medical advice has always been and, as we get above 80% in particular, which the scientific advice shows us and the research shows us that means Australians can have their lives back. They should be able to go to get a cup of coffee in Brisbane, when you’re over 80%, regardless of whether you’ve had the vaccines or not’ Scott Morrison says governments should let Australians ‘take their lives back’