"Until this week, I’ve felt that comparisons between Morrison and Donald Trump have been way overblown. Now, I’m not so sure." [Journalist Katherine Murphy writing in The Guardian, 28 November 2019]
In which it is revealed that Scott Morrison made a 'perfect' phone call à la Trump......
Crikey Worm: For the early birds, 28 November 2019:
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is coming under increasing fire over his phone call to the NSW police commissioner, with a former top judge calling it an inappropriate use of his position.
Former ICAC commissioner David Ipp said the call appeared to have been made in the interests of political decision-making, rather than in the interest of the state, telling The Guardian “an ordinary citizen would not be able to get that information from the police … so what is it about the prime minister that entitles him to that information?” Ipp joins former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Labor leader Anthony Albanese in condemning the call. The prime minister has refused to release notes from the call with the police chief, despite differing accounts of what was discussed, The New Daily reports.
THEY REALLY SAID THAT?
| “ | Being blunt about it, it is a call I would not have made. — Malcolm Turnbull |
