Scott Morrison declares Liberals will preference Labor ahead of One Nation l michaelkoziol
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has directed the Liberal Party to put Labor ahead of One Nation on how-to-vote cards at the upcoming election in a bid to defuse growing anger about Pauline Hanson's minor party and its ties to the gun lobby.- convinced him to draw a line in the sand on preferences.
- not only in the wake of the Al Jazeera revelations but following the Christchurch terror attack, allegedly at the hands of a white supremacist Australian gunman. Mr Morrison said he held off making a decision on preferences because he was waiting to see how One Nation responded to the Al Jazeera revelations, which resulted from a three-year undercover sting operation.
They were also critical of Al Jazeera and its undercover reporter Rodger Muller, labelling him a spy and repeatedly emphasising that he worked for "a Middle Eastern country" - that being the Qatari government which owns Al Jazeera.Mr Morrison said he was disappointed with that response, and called the men's behaviour "appalling". He said he consulted party executives and former prime minister John Howard before making a final decision on preferences.
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