Scott Morrison attended a Good Friday church service as the major parties’ leaders called a truce in the election campaign for the day.
As he entered the Syndal Baptist Church in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley for the Good Friday service, the question “Who do YOU say I am?” was projected on screens and in large glowing letters behind the stage.
“Is he a rule breaker? A rule-maker? A great teacher, a liar, storyteller or life-shaper or both?” Brown asked. He urged parishioners – and Morrison – to think about how Good Friday could be game-changing for them. But there was a bit of campaigning, as the prime minister chatted with some of the 150 or so people who had attended the service – the church is in the marginal seat of Chisholm, which Liberal Gladys Liu holds by a slim margin of 0.45 points.Sixteen-year-old Annabelle Bowyer-Smyth encouraged her grandmother, Bev Streckfuss, to have a chat and a photo with Morrison.The verdict from Streckfuss was the prime minister “came across as a very normal person”.
On the other side of the church building, a separate service was taking place in Cantonese and Mandarin, which Liu told Morrison is the one she normally attends. The electorate has a significant Chinese-Australian population.
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