Betoota‘s Clancy Overell and Errol Parker responded to the story laughing, and noted that he could have just said “thank you” instead.
Tame followed up the anecdote by saying that her manager’s mother an elderly lifetime Liberal voter commented on Morrison’s reaction with: “That man does nothing right”.
In parliament today, Labor’s Tania Plibersek asked Morrison if Tame’s retelling of the story was accurate and if that actually was what he said in response “to this brave woman’s extraordinary speech”.
Morrison said he couldn’t “recall the exact words” he used but did reinforce that it was roughly his recollection of what he said on the day and he stood by the sentiment of the comment, saying it was a proud moment for Tame.
What was your reaction to the shut down? We got turned off and then turned back on again so it did get scary there for a moment, Mr Overell told nine.com.au. We thought we d really have to lean our other social channels, but thankfully, by the grace of God, Facebook decided to let us get through the gates.
Despite the shock announcement, the editors of the Betoota Advocate had no trouble maintaining a sense of humour. When we did get turned back on, we thought that the late Kerry Packer was right in saying that social media and the internet is indeed just a passing fad, Mr Parker said.