Michael McCormack backtracks on BLM protest link to Melbourne's coronavirus outbreak

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has accepted he was wrong to link a Black Lives Matter rally to the outbreak of Victoria's second coronavirus wave.

Speaking on the ABC’s Q&A program, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said the Black Lives Matter rally was partly to blame for Victoria's outbreak. Source: ABC Australia

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has been taken to task on the ABC's Q&A program for trying to link a Black Lives Matter protest with the current coronavirus outbreak in Victoria.

Speaking on the program on Monday night, the National Party leader said the protest rally in Melbourne was one of the causes of the outbreak.

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