‘Pilloried as a grandma killer’: Matt Canavan opens up on treatment during pandemic

Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has opened up about his experiences in federal politics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Canavan admitted he would “cut politicians some slack in 2020” when the virus first arrived in Australia. “It was novel then,” he explained to Sky News host Sharri Markson. “But a year or so later in 2021, we kind of knew about the virus very well. The Nationals Senator admitted he “became very critical” of the government’s approach to the pandemic as knowledge of the pandemic increased. “Anyone who did was pilloried as a grandma killer.”