'This is unprecedented for a government to act like that on polling day', PM says of Morrison government's actions
Anthony Albanese has said the Morrison government's decision to announce the arrival of an asylum seeker boat during the election campaign was ‘unprincipled’ and ‘appalling’.
Albanese was speaking about a departmental report which found Morrison government staff pressured the Australian Border Force to draft and issue a statement about an asylum seeker boat intercepted on election day before the operation had finished. Albanese said the Morrison government was 'trying to scare people into a vote on polling day'.
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