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Has Morrison had an Epiphany?

By Mark Buckley - posted Wednesday, 5 February 2020


While this effort at re-branding the Prime Minister was proceeding, Morrison was busy denigrating the NSW Premier and her efforts during the darkest days, including stating that she had refused an offer of assistance from the Commonwealth. So much for Liberal Party solidarity.

When times are tough, every man for himself! Recently he has been pushing the resilience theme, which is very sensible, but another diversion away from the main game – the climate is getting hotter, and the bushfire season is only going to get longer, year on year if we do nothing about the climate.

The latest controversy, over using public funds to shore up his electoral chances, was dealt with at the National Press Club, where he stated that if people were disappointed, he would look at re-opening the scheme, so that even more money from our hard earned taxes could be directed to sports clubs. When asked whether it was proper for the Minister (Bridget McKenzie) to over-ride the relevant Department in apportioning grants, he said that Ministers knew more than the career public servants tasked with the job anyway, so no problem there.

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This is staggeringly inept from a politician. Even he knows how lowly we rate politicians, in all fields, but especially when it comes to using taxpayers’ money for personal gain. This man continues to be the arrogant wowser we all thought he was, without a shred of self-awareness.

So in answer to my question, no. He has very definitely not had an epiphany on this road to Damascus.

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Mark Buckley is a Melbourne based writer. He blogs at www.askbucko.com, and is interested in history, politics and ethics.

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