The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

Queensland turned its back on Labor over coal jobs last federal election. What are the key issues this time?

After three years of bushfires, a pandemic and rising living costs, Australians face another federal election, with job security and climate change still major issues in regional Queensland.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2022

Funding limbo for Qld floods buyback plan

Flood affected Queensland residents face uncertainty with a State Government plan to buy back or retrofit homes dependant on federal support.

AAP · Apr 4, 2022

Coalition and Greens gain in post-budget Newspoll as an Ipsos poll gives Labor a large lead

This week’s Newspoll, conducted March 31 to April 3 – the days following the March 29 budget –from a sample of 1,531, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago.

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2022

Labor ahead 54-46% in post-budget Newspoll, as Morrison rejects claims of racist tactics in his preselection fight

Labor’s two-party lead has been cut back slightly, to 54-46%, and its primary vote has fallen in the post-budget Newspoll. But Anthony Albanese would have a strong win if the latest poll were reproduced at the election.

The Conversation · Apr 3, 2022

Scott Morrison dismisses preselection allegations as ‘bitter and malicious slurs’, insists party is united ahead of federal election

Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists his party is united ahead of the federal election as he again denies allegations he asked Liberal Party members to vote against a preselection rival due to his Lebanese heritage in 2007.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2022

Scott Morrison Denies Using His Lib Opponent’s Lebanese Ethnicity Against Him To Become An MP

“He (Morrison) was adamant and explicit that a candidate of Lebanese heritage could not hold the seat of Cook, especially after the Cronulla riots.”

Pedestrian.tv · Apr 3, 2022

More funding for Tasmania's Marinus Link

The Morrison government is providing more funding for the Marinus Link electricity interconnector from Tasmania to the mainland.

AAP · Apr 3, 2022

Nobody believes PM on anything: Labor

The prime minister has repeatedly denied claims he made a racist comment against pre-selection opponent in 2007 but Labor says nobody believes him.

AAP · Apr 3, 2022

Michael Towke repeats claims after PM denies raising his Lebanese heritage in 2007 preselection fight

Scott Morrison has denied he said 15 years ago that Towke was a Muslim or that he couldn’t be trusted because he was a Lebanese-Australia

The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2022

Severe weather and flood warnings – as it happened

Dangerous flash flooding possible in East Gippsland; NSW reports 11 Covid deaths and 16,807 new cases; Victoria has two deaths and 9,008 cases; Towke breaks silence over 2007 preselection fight with Morrison. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2022