The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

Ahead of Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressing the National Press Club, protesters angry over COVID-19 vaccinations have gathered outside the venue.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison was due to make an address at the venue on Tuesday.

Peter Van Onselen has admitted it was probably unnecessary to write a column calling Grace Tame “childish” for not smiling at Scott Morrison.

Tuesday: Nearly half of Australia’s aged care homes grapple with outbreaks as the government defends missing its booster rollout deadline. Plus what’s new to streaming this month

At the national Australia Day ceremony in 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke of the contribution by frontline workers during the pandemic. He mentioned health workers, the defence forces, the police and farmers, as well as “the truck drivers, the wholesale and the retail workers keeping our supermarket shelves stocked”.

Josh Frydenberg says “you can’t just keep writing the cheques”. How then will he explain grabbing for the cheque book in his pre-election Budget?

The federal government is being warned that one-off cash payments to aged care workers, set to be announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, will not stem the flood of staff leaving the industry.

Newcastle Herald readers have their say

Scott Morrison has implored Australians to look forward in a speech at the National Press Club amid anger over the government's pandemic response.

Aged care workers will receive bonus payments as the federal government moves to shore up the sector hit hard by the ongoing wave of Omicron infections.

Scott Morrison will continue to tip out large dollops of money when he addresses the National Press Club on Tuesday, with his theme “building national resilience”.