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to refund his legal costs. The two statutory declarations were not used in legal proceedings.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that the comments attributed to Mr Morrison spoke to his character. “They [Liberal pre-selectors] judged that other candidates would be better to represent their local community than Scott Morrison,” he said. Another former member, Stephen Mutch, who represented Cook in the 1990s, said he voted for Mr Towke in the ballot after hearing from Mr Morrison.
Senator Fierravanti-Wells told the Senate last Tuesday that Scott Morrison was “not fit to be prime minister” because of his conduct.The events of 2007 have been disputed within the Liberal Party ever since Mr Morrison gained endorsement and entered Parliament, leading Senator Fierravanti-Wells to tell the Senate last Tuesday that he was “not fit to be prime minister” because of his conduct.
Two other candidates in the disputed 2007 preselection, Paul Fletcher and David Coleman, also lost to Mr Morrison but went on to win other seats for the Liberal Party at later elections and both serve as ministers in the government. With Senator Kitching’s friends revealing concerns that she was bullied by Senate colleagues including Penny Wong, Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher, the government has accused the Labor leader of being a hypocrite for not being willing to look into problems in his own party after calling for reviews into the Liberals.
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