Live breaking news: Disbelief over Scott Morrison's comments on the women's March 4 Justice

There's been disbelief over PM Scott Morrison's March 4 Justice comments after he noted protesters in other places were "met with bullets".

There has been disbelief about Prime Minister Scott Morrison's comments on the women's March 4 Justice today.

During Question Time in parliament, Mr Morrison said it was "good and right" that people were able to gather but that marches in other places were "met with bullets".

"It is good and right, Mr Speaker, that so many are able to gather here in this way, whether in our capital or elsewhere, and to do so peacefully to express their concerns and their very genuine and real frustrations," he said.

"This is a vibrant liberal democracy, Mr Speaker, not far from here, such marches, even now, are being met with bullets, but not here in this country."

Labor leader Anthony Albanese described the PM's response as "not so much a tin ear as a wall of concrete".

Greens leader Adam Bandt tweeted: "Scott Morrison to marchers today: be glad we didn’t shoot you. Unbelievable. He just doesn’t get it."

The hashtag #ScottyTheMisogynist is now trending on Twitter.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Christian Porter, who has launched defamation action against the ABC, will be returning to work on March 31, while Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he will take six weeks leave after a serious back injury.

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Originally published as Live breaking news: Disbelief over Scott Morrison's comments on the women's March 4 Justice

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