Allegations have emerged Scott Morrison may have weaponised the race and religion of his pre-selection opponent when the PM first entered politics in 2007. Morrison has denied the claims.
Morrison’s former pre-selection opponent Michael Towke and another Liberal Party insider Scott Chapman have signed statutory declarations which allege Morrison framed his opponent’s Lebanese heritage as potentially hurtful to the Liberal Party’s chances of winning the electorate of Cook. They have also alleged Morrison raised doubts about his Catholic opponent’s religious beliefs, claiming he was actually “a Moslem” (sic).
