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Scott Morrison doesn t have a plan for dealing with sexual harassment, and women are fed up
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MarMarch 2021 at 8:18pm
For all his political strengths, the Prime Minister has no plan to deal with a crisis gripping the nation s attention and eroding support for the government.
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Scott Morrison likes to present as a man with a plan. Whether it s dealing with asylum seekers, climate change or a pandemic, the Prime Minister typically has a strategy or a roadmap, quite often printed in a glossy brochure, to demonstrate he can tackle even the trickiest of problems.
Despite “palpable” frustration at the ‘March 4 Justice’ Prime Minister Scott Morrison failed to show leadership and alleviate tensions by attending the rally says Shadow Housing Minister Jason Clare.
Mr Morrison did not attend the Women’s March 4 Justice rally on Monday in favour of an offer to hold private talks with protest delegates, an offer which was refused.
However, Mr Clare said “it was a missed opportunity by the prime minister to not go down there”.
“The prime minister should have marched down to the march and spoken to the people that were gathered,” he told Sky News.
“The busy guy excuse just doesn’t cut it.”
Mr Clare said “we got leadership yesterday but it was from Brittany Higgins on the stage out the front of Parliament house not the prime minister.”
The Bonny and Brandy showdown
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Famed Liberal Party haunt, the Cantonese restaurant Bamboo House on Little Bourke Street, looked devoid of party MPs on Tuesday in the aftermath of the failed Liberal spill motion against leader
Michael OâBrien.
âEveryone has put their head down in their bunker,â said one MP, describing how âbad bloodâ infecting the party was âtaxingâ on MPs.
Some sniffed at the bona fides of the challenger, Gembrook MP
Brad Battin, describing him as ânot a long-term party memberâ. Saucer of milk, if you please!
For celebs, lobbying is another popularity game
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Suddenly it seems like Byron Bay has gone to Canberra as celebrities from the world of stage, screen and sport converge on Parliament House in rival lobbying efforts.
Bryan Brown and Ian Thorpe went head to head in Canberra.
Credit:John Shakespeare
In a city where popularity is everything, cinematic icon
Bryan Brown once again returned continuing to spruik the need to protect our local film and television industries.
While Brown had a clear run last month, this time he found himself up against a rival celebrity lobbyist – five time Olympic gold medallist