The word the Australian Prime Minister does not want people to use

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged the Australian public to avoid using the word “lockdown”, saying it creates “unnecessary anxiety” and contributes to panic-buying.

Speaking after a national cabinet meeting yesterday, he suggested the word would give people the false impression they couldn’t go out and buy essential supplies.

“I would caution against the way people talk about this word ‘lockdown’,’’ he said.

“I don’t want to give people … the idea that that is going to be the place we might get to, where people can’t go out and get essential supplies, that they can’t get the things they need to actually live life for the next six months.

“So, when we talk about potential other restrictions, there is no need for people to rush out and cram supermarkets and do things like that, because of other restrictions that may become necessary.”

He said the word creates “unnecessary anxiety” and that a total lockdown was “not an arrangement that is actually being considered in the way that term might suggest”.

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