Scott Morrison refuses to rule out preferencing One Nation in wake of Christchurch massacre | michaelkoziol
- sourced the claims from several unnamed colleagues of Mr Morrison. It resurfaced this week after Aly referred to the report in a televised editorial about the Christchurch terrorist attack that has been viewed more than 13 million times.
"I was acknowledging that there were these fears in the community and that we had to address them – not exploit them. Actually seek to try and address them." Last week's mosque shooting in Christchurch has prompted renewed debate about the nexus of far-right groups, mainstream Australian politics, the media and Islam.
Confronted with a number of examples of his own MPs engaging with the far-right and its ideas on race and immigration, the Prime Minister said he did not believe the Coalition had a problem with Islamophobia collectively.
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