Ray Hadley has jumped to the defence of a woman who visited multiple venues on a two-day shopping spree while unknowingly infectious with the new Omicron Covid-19 strain.
Instead, the Sydney broadcaster took aim at the NSW government and Premier Dominic Perrottet, with authorities expected to confirm Australia's seventh case of the Covid-19 super variant within hours.
Hadley expressed his full support for the Central Coast woman on his 2GB morning show on Wednesday, as he blasted the state government on what he described as another 'misstep'.
A woman went on a two day shopping spree across Sydney and the NSW Central Coast before testing positive to new Covid strain Omicron
'There's no blame attributed to this woman,' Hadley told listeners.
'People are suggesting she's done the wrong thing. She's done nothing wrong. She did everything she was supposed to do.'
'She's asymptomatic. She's not crook. She didn't know she had the virus, particularly this new variant.'
He went on to slam the NSW government, claiming that its decision to lift quarantine for overseas travellers was yet another mistake in how it has handled the pandemic.
'The NSW government through Dominic Perrottet said prior to this outbreak, and he wasn't to know it was to come, 'let's all come back home, and no isolation – back into the community you go,' Hadley continued.
'I know that Dominic Perrottet is intent on opening the economy, but you've just got to put some restraints on some things.'
Hadley urged the Premier to remain cautious when it comes to opening the border.
'If we dodge a bullet, we dodge a bullet. And if it does spread and it's not as bad as Delta, we dodge a bullet again, but you can't be second-guessing.
'We're not going into hibernation, we're opening up the economy, but when people return from overseas, even before we knew about the new variant, wouldn't it have been sensible to say 'when you get back here, go into home isolation for three days just to make sure and then get a test before going into the public,' Hadley said.
'I know they didn't know about Omicron when they made these decisions, but what lessons have been learned in the last 18 months to two years if we haven't learnt it can come up and bite us on the bum at any time, as this one has?'
