Post by matte on Apr 2, 2022 19:25:43 GMT 10
If this is true it is unacceptable.
I KNOW A LOT OF CHRISTIAN LEBS... they are not the same as the other variety
Scott Morrison says he did not ask Liberal preselectors in 2007 to vote against Michael Towke due to his Lebanese heritage
2 APRIL 2022
ABC NEWS
KEY POINTS:
Two media organisations have reported on the contents of statutory declarations signed by two men, which detail Mr Morrison's battle to be preselected for the seat of Cook ahead of rival Michael Towke.
The issue flared on Tuesday night when Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells told the Senate Mr Morrison was not "fit to be Prime Minister".
"Morrison might profess to be Christian, but there was nothing Christian about what was done to Michael Towke," she told the Senate in a fiery late-night speech.
Senator Fierravanti-Wells told the Upper House she had been told of "several statutory declarations to attest to racial comments made by Morrison at the time that we can't have a Lebanese person in Cook".
The Saturday Paper and the Sydney Morning Herald have reported details of statutory declarations signed in 2016, including Michael Towke who reportedly said: "They informed me that Morrison was appealing with them to not support me based solely on the rationale that my family heritage was Lebanese."
FULL STORY: www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-02/scott-morrison-michael-towke-liberal-preselection/100961814
I KNOW A LOT OF CHRISTIAN LEBS... they are not the same as the other variety
Scott Morrison says he did not ask Liberal preselectors in 2007 to vote against Michael Towke due to his Lebanese heritage
2 APRIL 2022
ABC NEWS
KEY POINTS:
- Two outlets have reported on claims about Mr Morrison's behaviour while he was fighting to become a Liberal MP in 2007
- The Prime Minister has denied raising his preselection opponent's Lebanese heritage as an issue in the race
- In parliament, one of Mr Morrison's senators accused him of bullying tactics
Two media organisations have reported on the contents of statutory declarations signed by two men, which detail Mr Morrison's battle to be preselected for the seat of Cook ahead of rival Michael Towke.
The issue flared on Tuesday night when Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells told the Senate Mr Morrison was not "fit to be Prime Minister".
"Morrison might profess to be Christian, but there was nothing Christian about what was done to Michael Towke," she told the Senate in a fiery late-night speech.
Senator Fierravanti-Wells told the Upper House she had been told of "several statutory declarations to attest to racial comments made by Morrison at the time that we can't have a Lebanese person in Cook".
The Saturday Paper and the Sydney Morning Herald have reported details of statutory declarations signed in 2016, including Michael Towke who reportedly said: "They informed me that Morrison was appealing with them to not support me based solely on the rationale that my family heritage was Lebanese."
FULL STORY: www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-02/scott-morrison-michael-towke-liberal-preselection/100961814