Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday pleaded for schools to reopen to allow people to return to work:
…it’s alright for some kids and some families that might be able to make the adjustments here, but for vulnerable kids, kids of families whose, both parents are going to work. And if you’ve got a job in this economy, they’re essential jobs. I don’t care what the job is. And they need to keep going to work for the sake of the economy and their families.
We need the schools to be able to support that. And that’s the arrangements we have. But we need to strengthen them. And we also need to recognise that the best way to deliver education for kids, is in schools, on campuses, in classrooms, with teachers. That’s the school system we have.
