When will the premiers learn, 'you can't fight socialism with socialism'

Former speaker of the house Bronwyn Bishop says Prime Minister Scott Morrison made a mistake in elevating the state premiers to his equal, and winding that decision back is going to be “extraordinarily difficult”.

Her comments come regarding the decision of Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to keep their state borders closed.

“To see that response from the Western Australian Premier saying somehow we’re a separate state, we’re a separate nation, we’re not just a state,” Ms Bishop told Sky News host Paul Murray.

“This is not Australian behavior.

“The economies are suffering because those borders are closed.

“Queensland is absolutely the epitome of that example, with 179 only full-time jobs being created.

“The bottom line is that we have to have the borders open, we have to have the section 92 case heard before November, high court, bring it on.”

Ms Bishop asked when these premiers would learn that socialism cannot be fought with socialism.

“Unless we say that there is one nation, one country, that it is going to be one where the working together is not done for political purposes to win an election and where jobs are sacrificed and people’s lives are sacrificed, then we will find no implementation of a free enterprise policy,” she said.

Ms Bishop said free enterprise policies would be the only solution for Australia.

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