Scott Morrison: Ignominious Descent, with Denial
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:01 am
He boasted "I stopped these" about refugee boats, and earned the epithet "Scummo" for his stonewalling refusal to mention "on-water matters".
Later, he presided over a scheme to snatch money from those least able to defend themselves.
When questioned about the legality of the scheme (SPOILER: it wasn't legal), Scummo wasn't quite as ready to step up and take credit.
Now, he ties a trick from the Adam Savage playbook - "I reject your reality, and substitute my own".
Later, he presided over a scheme to snatch money from those least able to defend themselves.
When questioned about the legality of the scheme (SPOILER: it wasn't legal), Scummo wasn't quite as ready to step up and take credit.
Now, he ties a trick from the Adam Savage playbook - "I reject your reality, and substitute my own".
Here's hoping "further action" means jail time.Scott Morrison has accused the Robodebt royal commission of making wrong, unsubstantiated and absurd findings against him, in a detailed statement to parliament.
The former prime minister, who was excoriated by the commission, was unrepentant, giving no ground on any of the criticisms Commissioner Catherine Holmes made of him in her report.
He also accused the government of a “campaign of political lynching” to discredit him and his service to the country, once again weaponising “a quasi-legal process to launder [its] political vindictiveness”.
Rising on the first sitting day after the report’s release during the recess Morrison, speaking to a near-empty house, said he rejected the commission’s findings he had allowed cabinet to be misled, provided untrue evidence, and pressured departmental officials.