The National Australia Day Council has denied having “threatening” conversations with Grace Tame after the Australian of the Year said a senior member of a government-funded organisation had urged her to refrain from criticising PM Scott Morrison
The National Australia Day Council has denied having “threatening” conversations with Grace Tame after the 2021 Australian of the Year said a senior member of a government-funded organisation had urged her to refrain from criticising Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
“‘You are an influential person. He will have a fear,’ they said... And then I heard the words, ‘with an election coming soon’,” she recounted. A spokesman for the NADC said the organisation was trying to verify what had occurred but denied the interpretation that Ms Tame had been ‘threatened’ in a phone call.“The NADC has spoken to a number of personnel who have had conversations with Ms Tame over the past year, none of whom had interactions with Ms Tame that would be considered ‘threatening’, as the 17 August conversation has been described,” he said.
The Prime Minister’s office said the first it knew of the allegation was when Ms Tame raised it during the nationally televised address and said Mr Morrison had not asked for any such action.
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