The Prime Minister of Australia has ripped into panic buyers during an address to the nation, telling them to stop hoarding.
Supermarkets have been stripped of toilet paper, pasta, rice and frozen food, as well as tinned and dried goods as people rushed to stock up amid a coronavirus lockdown.
The behaviour led to Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Aldi experiencing major shortages, with all four supermarket chains implementing strict buying restrictions on groceries.
Now Scott Morrison has told Australians to stop it while updating the country on the government’s strategy to avoid the spread of the COVID-19.
On bulk purchasing of supplies. Stop hoarding. I can’t be more blunt about it. Stop it, he said. It is not sensible, it is not helpful and it has been one of the most disappointing things I have seen in Australian behaviour in response to this crisis.
That is not who we are as a people. It is not necessary. It is not something that people should be doing.
There is no reason for people to be hoarding supplies in fear of a lock down or anything like this.
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