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The Project co-host Hamish Macdonald has had a fiery exchange with an infectious diseases expert after he claimed the guest insinuated Gladys Berejeklian has a 'secret plan' to let the Indian Delta variant of Covid run wild in Sydney.
Mr Macdonald was interviewing Professor Bill Bowtell about the NSW premier's decision to cease fronting up for daily Covid briefings with the media on Friday night's show.
Ms Berejiklian announced on Friday she would no longer hold the press conferences despite Sydney's outbreak continuing to grow with peak hospitalisations expected next month.
The awkward moment between Professor Bill Bowtell and Hamish Macdonald, of The Project, began on Friday night's show during an about the NSW premier's decision to cease fronting up for daily Covid briefings with the media
Ms Berejiklian announced on Friday she would no longer be in every NSW household at 11am as she transitions the state towards living with the virus
Mr Macdonald challenged Mr Bowtell after he said the NSW government had left the state 'in limbo' by deliberately 'letting cases soar' when the public was largely unvaccinated.
'These were the consequences of a plan that was assembled in secret,' Professor Bowtell said.
The professor also said the 'plan' was put together without consulting 'the people or the parliament'.
'What plan are you talking about?' Mr Macdonald asked.
'Are you seriously saying this was a deliberate plan by the premier to let this get out of control?
'I don't think anyone is seriously suggesting that, are they?'
