Annastacia Palaszczuk has fired back at the Prime Minister's criticism of states obsessed with attaining Covid-zero, boasting how great the state is doing without lockdown.
Scott Morrison urged lockdown-free states like Queensland to 'get out of the cave' after the Premier threatened to keep draconian restrictions including border closures even once 80 per cent of the population is vaccinated.
The Queensland leader rebuked Mr Morrison's statement during Tuesday morning's Covid press conference, saying unlike other states Queenslanders were enjoying living in relative freedom.
'Have a look at Queensland at the moment: you can go to work and go to school, you can go watch sport, you can play community sport, you can go to a restaurant, you can go out, we haven't given up,' she said.
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The Premier boasted unlike other states Queenslanders were enjoying living in relative freedom after recently eliminating a small outbreak and removing restrictions (pictured, residents enjoying an ease of health orders on the Gold Coast)
Queensland recently eliminated a small outbreak and removed restrictions, and despite two truck drivers testing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, Ms Palaszczuk said plans to further ease rules from Friday have not been threatened.
'We aren't overly concerned about these two,' the Premier said.
Despite Ms Palaszczuk's confidence the state still lags desperately behind the rest of the nation in immunisation rates, with only 47 per cent of residents receiving at least one dose of the vaccine.
Under Australia's national re-opening plan, state leaders agreed to stop trying to eliminate Covid once 70 per cent of residents are vaccinated.
But Queensland has remained wary, threatening to renege on its agreement with Deputy Premier Steven Miles warning it may keep borders shut regardless of vaccination rates, as cases soar in Victoria and NSW.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured) has hit back at Scott Morrison during Tuesday morning's Covid-19 briefing saying: 'Have a look at Queensland at the moment'
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (pictured) urged states lockdown-free states to 'get out of the cave' as Queensland threatened to maintain border closures, going against the national re-opening action plan
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The Prime Minister compared the situation to the 2013 children's movie 'The Croods' about a family which survives natural disasters by sheltering in a cave.
'You've eventually got to get out of the cave,' Mr Morrison said.
'There's always someone who wants to stay in the cave - and then there's the young girl who wants to live outside the cave and move on. Call it The Croods plan: we're getting out.'
The Prime Minister defended the national plan, which is based on scientific modelling, stressing Australia must learn to live with Covid-19.
However Ms Palaszczuk hit back pressuring the Prime Minister to provide the new Doherty Institute modelling to state premiers before National Cabinet on Friday.
'I haven't seen the modelling,' she said.
'Apparently the PM has seen the modelling - share it with us, don't just drop it on Friday morning. Share it
