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Trendy linen-wearing Byron Bay locals who refuse to get the Covid jab have been labelled 'nuts' for holding a 'freedom rally' despite not being in lockdown.
Today show host Karl Stefanovic was in fits of laughter as Employment Minister Stuart Robert mocked Australia's anti-vaccine capital for its bizarre locals.
'People need to understand in Byron Bay and northern NSW that white flowing linen is not going to protect you from Covid - it's just not going to run,' he said.
Stefanovic had just noted that just 31 per cent of residents over 15 in the area were vaccinated, compared to 52.7 per cent across NSW.
Byron Bay residents flooded the streets on Saturday during an anti-lockdown protest, despite not being in lockdown
Mr Roberts continued his biting banter as he implored residents from nearby Mullumbimby and Nimbin to 'come down from the hills' to get the Covid jab.
'It's not hard. Just as you are driving down to the beach and get your soy latte café with an orange twist, get vaccinated on the way,' he said.
Stefanovic was laughing so hard he was almost speechless as he turned to radio host and TV personality Gus Worland.
'There you go. That sounds like you, Gus. A soy latte and a bit of linen,' he joked.
Mr Worland explained his daughter had a schoolies trip
