Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison fails the 'character' test posed by his Warringah candidate

Zali Steggall; Katherine Deves

For months there has been a great deal of debate about Scott Morrison’s “character”.

Now, in the controversy over Katherine Deves, the Liberal candidate for Warringah who Morrison refused to dump despite a string of offensive social media posts, we have seen the prime minister fail a significant character test.