'They also hit Orange and Lithgow. Geez guys, chill. If we're patient, there's plenty for everyone. We have enough food supplies in Australia.
'You don't need to buy for two years, just a couple of weeks. Let's get through this together, with patience, kindness and resilience.'
Big supermarket chains such as Coles, Woolworths and Aldi have taken drastic measures by implementing buying restrictions on certain items as customers have been stockpiling on toilet paper, hand sanitiser, rice, pasta and other daily essentials.
In an address to the nation yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: 'Stop hoarding. 'I can't be more blunt about it. Stop it. 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.'