Morrison facing state resistance over reopening plan as NSW Covid crisis worsens

Prime minister insists Australia can reopen once vaccination targets hit but some state leaders aren’t so sure

States are continuing to push back against the terms of a nationally agreed plan to open up the country once vaccination rates hit 70% and 80%, warning the worsening Covid crisis in NSW could yet be a dealbreaker.

As a pared-down federal parliament prepares to sit in Canberra on Monday amid the ACT’s lockdown, the prime minister Scott Morrison is insisting that growing case numbers are not a reason to abandon the national plan agreed to by all states and territories.

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