Labor claims national security risk over PM’s friend’s QAnon ties
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
Labor frontbenchers Jim Chalmers and Chris Bowen have demanded Scott Morrison explain his links to Australians pushing the QAnon conspiracy theory, claiming they pose a national security risk.
Speaking in the wake of an ABC TV investigation into Tim Stewart, a friend of the Prime Minister’s who has promoted the discredited far-right movement, Dr Chalmers said he was shocked by the revelations.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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