Tag: Scott Morrison

  • Pre-emptive fact busting

    I have a theory (or, really, two theories) about what goes through Tony Abbott’s mind in situations like this. The context, so as not to get too far ahead of myself, is that Indonesian doctors appear to be treating burns of asylum seekers who claim mistreatment at the hands of the Australian Navy, as they…

  • Nothing so humble

    The ABC reports that Scott Morrison “climbs down in funeral row”: Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has admitted he was “insensitive” to question the cost of funerals as families mourned for those lost in the Christmas Island shipwreck tragedy yesterday. News Ltd reported that  Morrison was sorry for his “insensitive and inappropriate” comments: A CHASTENED…