'You can't be half pregnant': Jacqui Lambie insists Gladys Berejiklian should stop 'mucking around' and send Sydney into a crippling hard lockdown amid debate about why Bunnings is still open By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:55 BST, 4 August 2021 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 4 August 2021 Viewcomments Jacqui Lambie has unleashed an extraordinary attack on Gladys Berejiklian, accusing her of plunging Sydney into a crippling lockdown 'half-pregnant.' The New South Wales Premier is under mounting pressure to enforce tougher restrictions on 'non-critical retail' as the state's coronavirus crisis worsens. A furious Lambie questioned why retail giants such as Bunnings are permitted remain open to the public as Sydney suffers through its sixth week of lockdown. The Tasmanian federal Senator accused Ms Berejiklian of being too slow in her handling in the outbreak and urged the state leader to 'stop mucking around' with lockdown, a day after NSW recorded 233 new cases. 'You have to go into shutdown. No mucking around with this. You can't go in half pregnant,' Ms Lambie told the Today show on Thursday. 'That's why she's not getting anywhere in NSW. Shut them down.' 'Unless you need a pharmacy, unless you need to eat or go to the supermarket preferably go online. Leave the tradies partly open in Bunnings. Shut it down.' 'You can't have your cake and eat it too. Go into lockdown.' Bunnings was only open to tradespeople who needed essential supplies during Victoria's most recent outbreak after the Delta strain of the virus crossed the Lambie believed Ms Berek 'People can go on about last year and having a go at Daniel Andrews. 'You want to see the gold plate and see how it's done. Four or five times they have been in lockdown and got out of it No more 50 per cent with this Delta variant. 'She came in too slow. I'm ropeable with her and I mention some of those people in NSW should be too. Stop mucking around with it Gladys.' Today Show host Karl Stefanovic agreed. 'A friend of mine was in Bunnings in Sydney yesterday, he saw plenty of people browsing up and down the homewares, the garden supplies, the furniture. 'Surely this is not essential. It just sends the wrong message, doesn't it? Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility