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Anthony Albanese spoke to Melbourne radio Triple M yesterday afternoon and didn’t take the bait to criticise Scott Morrison for photos of him at an English pub:

Host: OK, let’s get to the G7, if you don’t mind. There seems to be some reasonable stuff going on in the background, hijacked by the tone deaf appearance of our PM at a country pub with his family when no one else is allowed, even for compassionate reasons, to leave the country. Is that the right look for the leader to be sending to all Australians right now?

I’ll leave those things. I’ll just raise the bat and watch the ball hit the keepers’ gloves on that one, I think. It’s up to him to make those decisions.

You’ll make your own judgment and Australians will.

There is a rally planned out the front of Parliament House this morning in support of Witness K and Bernard Collaery.

Rex Patrick says he’ll be joined out the front of the building by:

Related: ‘Scapegoating’: protesters to gather at Australian parliament before Witness K sentencing

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/jun/17/australian-politics-live-sydney-covid-nsw-victoria-morrison-politics-albaense

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