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Speaker 1: Jump Mission with Jones and Amanda.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Premier, Good morning, how are you very well?

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Speaker 2: Thank you gratulations. You are the eighth Premier that we've

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Speaker 2: had on this radio show in our time.

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Speaker 1: That doesn't bode well.

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Speaker 2: Don't unpack anything in the office. I've been reading in

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Speaker 2: the paper this morning that there are plans for rapid

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Speaker 2: andergen tests to go to households so that kids can

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Speaker 2: be tested twice a week before they go to school.

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Speaker 2: Everyone's desperate to get their hands on them. Not the children,

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Speaker 2: the rapid andergen tests. When are they going to land

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Speaker 2: and how do we all get them?

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Speaker 1: Well, Amanda, what we've done from a state perspective year

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Speaker 1: is ensure that we've ordered tens of millions of these

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Speaker 1: tests to keep schools open, to keep our health system

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Speaker 1: operating during this difficult time. From a private market side

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Speaker 1: of things, we would expect those private supply chains to

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Speaker 1: pick up over time in the coming weeks. We're seeing

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Speaker 1: a substantial increase now as we continue to provide those

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Speaker 1: PCAs tests. As we saw those terrible cues over the

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Speaker 1: summer break, they've now been alleviated somewhat and we're now

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Speaker 1: having a balance of both rapid energen tests coming to

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Speaker 1: every day with those with those PCR tests. But we're

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Speaker 1: going to do everything we can from a state's perspective

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Speaker 1: to support the commonalth government supply that really make sure

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Speaker 1: that we do everything we can to get kids back

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Speaker 1: in the classroom day one, term one and ensure that

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Speaker 1: our health workers have those tests to keep people safe.

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Speaker 2: And how do you stop people price gouging the rapid

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Speaker 2: energen tests.

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Speaker 1: Well, the federal government thing has the air a bit

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Speaker 1: of work on that joint with the atrip'll see and

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Speaker 1: ensuring that that doesn't occur. We've already seen some escalation

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Speaker 1: in prices and they'll be cracking down on that from

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Speaker 1: the federal government. I think that's incredibly important because this

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Speaker 1: is not the time to be doing that. This is

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Speaker 1: the time for everybody to be looking out for each other,

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Speaker 1: treating people with kindness and respect. They're the values of

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Speaker 1: our state. That's got through the last two and that

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Speaker 1: we can continue to do that. We'll get through this

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Speaker 1: next typical time as well.

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Speaker 2: It has been a difficult time and it seems, if

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Speaker 2: you don't mind me saying that this has been kind

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Speaker 2: of mismanaged. It's what a lot of people are feeling

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Speaker 2: is that we opened up and we just weren't ready.

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Speaker 2: There were no contingencies in place. Omicron had already started

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Speaker 2: by then. We just didn't have our testing facilities, we

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Speaker 2: didn't have our ducks lined up. People are very anxious

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Speaker 2: about all this. In other countries, people are getting food drops,

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Speaker 2: people are getting medical drops at home, people are being

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Speaker 2: supported through their isolation. It seems that we've been told,

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Speaker 2: as I said earlier, take responsibility for this, but no

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Speaker 2: one's helping us. There's no national health campaign what happens

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Speaker 2: if you get COVID. It feels like you've been taken

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Speaker 2: by surprise by this.

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Speaker 1: But I think particularly in our state, our health teams

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Speaker 1: in terms of the communication has been very clear and

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Speaker 1: one of the successes that we've had in our state,

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Speaker 1: and i'd say across the countries, been the high vaccination rate,

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Speaker 1: people going out and getting boosted. And if you take

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Speaker 1: a step back and we look at where Australia sits

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Speaker 1: compared to the rest of the world, we are in

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Speaker 1: a strong position. There's no doubt in the pandemic, there's

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Speaker 1: going to be pressure on the health system. As we've

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Speaker 1: moved through this next phase, it has been a challenge

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Speaker 1: in the shift of mindset. Where we previously had a

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Speaker 1: highly unvaccinated population, we went into lockdowns throughout that period

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Speaker 1: of time, We've had kids who have missed a quarter

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Speaker 1: of their schooling life, and we've had to shift the

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Speaker 1: narrative as we now have a highly vaccinated population. And

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Speaker 1: I know it sounds cliche that we've been saying for

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Speaker 1: a long time now learning to live alongside the virus.

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Speaker 1: What we're seeing is we transition to this next stage.

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Speaker 1: There are going to be difficulties and we've just got

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Speaker 1: to continue to push through. We look after each other,

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Speaker 1: continue the efforts and sacrifice we've made. I believe we're

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Speaker 1: going to come out of this stronger out the other side.

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Speaker 2: What are the plans though, for example, to restock our shops,

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Speaker 2: What are the plans to get rapid addigens. As you're

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Speaker 2: saying that maybe still be weeks away, people are really

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Speaker 2: suffering at the moment. It just seems that do you

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Speaker 2: want us all to get COVID? Brad Hazard said, we'll

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Speaker 2: all get COVID? Is that your plan?

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Speaker 1: So the plan is, and the focus of our government

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Speaker 1: has been to get people vaccinated and to get people boosted.

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Speaker 1: It is very clear for me.

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Speaker 2: People are still getting sick people, and I agree the

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Speaker 2: level of that illness is less and that is terrific.

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Speaker 2: But we're all vaccinated. But have a look around. The

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Speaker 2: workforce is stripped, the shops are empty, no one can

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Speaker 2: have get staff at the moment. What's the plan now?

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Speaker 1: So we've made a number of changes there right across

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Speaker 1: the country through the national Cabinet to provide exceptions for

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Speaker 1: distribution networks and working very closely with the supermarket chains,

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Speaker 1: and they're very confident that their shelves will be stocked

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Speaker 1: with just some of the shortages we've seen over the

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Speaker 1: last two years, that that will be rectified quickly. But

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Speaker 1: we have to do that in a safe way, and

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Speaker 1: if someone does get COVID, we need to maintain at

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Speaker 1: this point that seven day isolation. I know that is

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Speaker 1: a painter. I know that is an effort, but that's

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Speaker 1: a better outcome than having mass unemployment, which we've seen

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Speaker 1: over the last couple of years by going into lockdown.

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Speaker 1: And it's a challenge, but I'm very confident that as

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Speaker 1: a state, because of that vaccination, we will push through

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Speaker 1: and we will come out strongly at the outer side,

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Speaker 1: and we've got to live in the world as it is,

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Speaker 1: not as we want it to be. It's a global pandemic.

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Speaker 1: There are challenges faced in every single country around the world.

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Speaker 1: But from a health perspective, New South Wales and Australia

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Speaker 1: has done incredibly well. From an economic perspective, we've done well.

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Speaker 1: That doesn't mean that it hasn't caused issues that many

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Speaker 1: people have made sacrifices over the last two years, haven't

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Speaker 1: been able to say goodbye to their loved ones, celebrate

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Speaker 1: major milestones in their life. But the efforts that we

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Speaker 1: have made as a state and as a country, I

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Speaker 1: believe said in very good stead to get through this

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Speaker 1: next difficult period of time and will come out stronger.

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Speaker 2: And when Gladys left being premier and you ended up

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Speaker 2: with the job, did you think.

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Speaker 1: Are why me? Why now? Why me? Why would I

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Speaker 1: want this? Well? I did see. So there was some

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Speaker 1: play when we've Gladys in it at some time ago

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Speaker 1: where they were saying why did glad get the pandemic

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Speaker 1: and Bob car got the Olympics, But that look, it's

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Speaker 1: a real privilege to be able to lead our state

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Speaker 1: through this difficult time and every decision that we may well,

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Speaker 1: every decision I make weighs heavily on me and and

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Speaker 1: it weighs heavily on the team. And you get into

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Speaker 1: public life to serve our people, and it's a real

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Speaker 1: privilege and honor to be able to be in this

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Speaker 1: role and helping guide our state through this pandemic. And

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Speaker 1: we've done that for the last two years. And with

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Speaker 1: the team we have around us, we're going to get

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Speaker 1: through this and continue to make sure we keep people

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Speaker 1: safe across the state and keep people in work. Well,

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Speaker 1: better you than me, That's all I can say. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for joining us on the show. Thanks guys, Jonesy

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Speaker 1: and Amanda's Gamination