Prime Minister Scott Morrison has addressed the controversy around the images taken of him alongside 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame in Canberra this week. 9News
has addressed the controversy around the images taken of him alongside 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame in Canberra this week.
Some commentators criticised Ms Tame's demeanour, but many others have applauded her courage and ongoing outspokenness and said Ms Tame was right not to stand there and pretend to smile when she may have felt otherwise.He said when anybody came to his and wife Jenny's home, they "greet them with a smile"."That day was actually about all the finalists that came to celebrate. That day was all about them," he said.
"I know a lot of Australians, me included, support her efforts to ensure that these issues can be raised and addressed," he said.
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