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Scott Morrison has kicked off his return to the country with a chat to Sydney radio 2GB, where he dismissed practically every question put to him (not that they were very difficult) and then spoke about how he saw the host on Ninja Warrior overnight.
So let’s go through what he said.
...After the G7 on the way to the airport we stopped in another place, which just happens to be where my great grandfather was from so I think was pretty innocent.
I mean we’re all got friends and we’ve all got acquaintances and people we know who have views that we don’t share, but you know what will they expect us to do to sort of cancel people just because I have views different to ourselves.
I don’t support views of QAnon and I barely even knew what it was until more recently over the last year or so, if people are going to have crack at you because of what of people you know think, I think that is drawing a bit of a long bow.
I’m much closer to his wife – Jenny and I are longtime friends of her.
I just think it’s sort of a bit ordinary to drag other people into the – I mean, I’m the Prime Minister hold me account[able]for my views.
Welcome to another sitting week, which opens with the Nationals throwing a tantrum over its leadership. Again.
The last time the Nationals did this it was February 2020 when the parliament was holding a special day to recognise the deadly, devastating, summer bushfires. This time, they’ve chosen a pandemic, in the middle of a confused vaccination rollout.
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