Sales of anti-Scott Morrison bin stickers surge after Liberal council threatens rubbish services

Philip Ruddock, the Liberal mayor of Hornsby Shire Council, says bins are ‘council property’ that should not be ‘defaced’ by advertising material such as the anti-LNP stickers. Photograph: Wayne Smith/Smart Voting

Sales of stickers calling on voters to “bin” the prime minister have surged after the Liberal heavyweight Philip Ruddock’s Hornsby Shire Council threatened residents that garbage collection services may be suspended if they weren’t removed from wheelie bins.

On Wednesday Ruddock, the Hornsby mayor and NSW Liberal party president, defended council’s decision to insist upon the removal of stickers containing photos of Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce emblazoned with the slogans “bin him” and “chuck them out”.