Morrison's Week of Contempt for Western Australia

Scott Morrison has broken his promise made just seven days ago to build a federal quarantine facility at Jandakot Airport.

This embarrassing backdown means an uncertain promise of a quarantine facility at a compromised site in Bullsbrook.

Less than a week since declaring Jandakot Airport was the site of Western Australia’s quarantine facility, Scott Morrison has announced the project will probably move to a RAAF base in Christian Porter’s electorate of Pearce.

The project still has no budget, no contractor, no timeline and will not take quarantine out of Perth CBD hotels.

The decision comes despite a Department of Finance feasibility study from engineering firm AECOM favouring the Jandakot site.

Scott Morrison’s failure to act on quarantine means the facility will not open until two years into the pandemic, in March 2022, but this change of location now puts this date in doubt.

Scott Morrison’s decision to tear up the original deal comes in the week he marked three long years as Prime Minister - a period marked by continued contempt for Western Australia.

He sided with Clive Palmer against Western Australia in the High Court.

He has spent more time overseas this year than in Western Australia, and was absent for more than 500 days straight after the 2019 Federal Election.

And just this week, he insulted Western Australians by comparing them to “cave people” in a bizarre comment.

After a year of attacks and High Court challenges it is time Scott Morrison did his job and got Australia out of his COVID crisis.