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Cave Dwellers

Scott Morrison says to Josh Frydenberg from inside a small house, 'Just look at them, Josh... locked down in their cave'. They are on the east side of Australia while Western Australia has people running around freely outside.

Matt Golding

27 August 2021

In August, the Prime Minister compared Australia’s path out of lockdown to ‘that movie in The Croods — people wanted to stay in the cave … We can’t stay in the cave’. To Western Australians, the Prime Minister’s urging to open up the borders fell on deaf ears. Because of its border measures, the state’s day-to-day life was largely unaffected by the outbreaks impacting the eastern states.