Morrison’s Covid measures a ‘grotesque overreaction’ to a ‘relatively mild pandemic’ says Tony Abbott

Former PM tells podcast he got vaccinated so as not to give anyone ‘an excuse for keeping us locked up any longer than was absolutely necessary’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFormer prime minister Tony Abbott, has described the Morrison government’s Covid response as a “grotesque overreaction” to a “relatively mild pandemic”, adding he reluctantly got vaccinat