Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes aim at 'the other fellow' Steven Miles
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hit back at suggestions he is Queensland to hold Deb Frecklington’s hand during the election campaign, branding the quip “fairly offensive”.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hit back at suggestions he is Queensland to hold Deb Frecklington’s hand during the election campaign, branding the quip “fairly offensive”.
He also took aim at Deputy Premier Steven Miles, calling him “the other fellow, I can’t remember his name”.
Mr Morrison was in Townsville, where three of Queensland’s most marginal state electorates are located, touring a local helicopter company and spruiking the Federal Government’s budget including funding for the Copperstring 2.0 project.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Tuesday, when asked why Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese had not yet made an appearance on the hustings, said she wasn’t relying on his support.
“If Anthony Albanese wants to come, I'm more than happy to have him here,” she said.
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“If he wants to come, I'm more than happy but I don't need someone to hold my hand for a week.”
Asked if he was holding Ms Frecklington’s hand for the campaign by coming to Queensland, Mr Morrison said that was a “fairly offensive thing to say”.
“Politics is not a game,” he said.
“And I am bit disappointed in the way that, now I see the Premier’s chipping, and the other fellow, I can’t remember his name… treating this like it’s some sort of game.”
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