Former prime minister Scott Morrison has requested the media no longer invade the privacy of his family.
‘I don’t think that’s an unreasonable request’: Morrison asks media not to invade family’s privacy
“As a member of parliament, of course, I’m accountable … but members of my family have nothing to do with this,” Mr Morrison said during a media conference on Wednesday. “I would very much like that the cameras that sit outside my house each day and film my wife and my daughters going to school or going for a coffee or if they would like to have friends around or tradespeople coming – they have nothing to do with this.“I don’t think that’s an unreasonable request.”
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