The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

Christian lobby groups attack Morrison for vowing students won’t be expelled due to their sexuality or gender

Prime minister says religious discrimination bill will include amendment ‘to ensure kids cannot be discriminated against’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2022

WA records 19 new COVID cases as school cluster concerns grow, but isolation rules to stay for now

Premier Mark McGowan insists the state will not be changing its strict isolation rules at present as another Perth school grapples with a positive case.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022

Albanese demands Colbeck ‘resign today’ as nation records 82 Covid deaths – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2022

View from The Hill: Morrison a 'psycho' – now who would have said that?

A flurry of categorical denials by senior ministers has followed the report that a current Liberal cabinet minister described Scott Morrison as a “psycho” in a text exchange with then NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian during the summer bushfires of 2019-20.

The Conversation · Feb 2, 2022

Australia urged not to ignore Amnesty International findings of apartheid in Israel

In a comprehensive report released this week, human rights group Amnesty International said Israel "enforces a system of oppression and domination" against all Palestinians.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022

What’s the price of a loaf of bread? A whole lot of political trouble

Scott Morrison this week admitted he didn’t know how much staples cost. Given similar questions have undone other politicians perhaps he was wise not to take a stab

The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2022

Grace Tame addresses tense meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison at The Lodge

Grace Tame has addressed her tense exchange with Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week. She says abuse culture is dependent on "submissive smiles and self-defeating surrenders".

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022

‘Nothing to do with me’: Payne denies she sent PM ‘psycho’ texts

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has denied she is the cabinet minister who called Prime Minister Scott Morrison a “psycho” and a “fraud”.

The New Daily · Feb 2, 2022

Leaking explosive text messages won’t solve the Liberals’ toxic internal dispute

Voters hate internal bickering. So dragging a wild factional brawl into the public domain is not a winning strategy

The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2022

Scott Morrison takes aim at NSW Liberals preselection battles, dubbing them 'childish games'

A federal intervention in New South Wales' Liberal preselections looms, amid a deepening split between the party's conservative and moderate wings just months out from an election.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022