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The nation’s newest Prime Minister Scott Morrison was forced to concede today.
Fielding questions about his newfound role, the rich white man from Sydney had to admit that, while he is rich, he isn’t ‘Turnbull rich.’
The admission came after we questioned the man being dubbed ScoMo, about whether he would be pulling ‘a Turnbull’ and donating his salary, rather than pocketing it, like all of the other nation’s high paid public servants.
Turnbull, made seemingly few headlines when he announced that he would be donating his Parliamentary salary to charity, in a show of his intentions in terms of the role.
However, ScoMo told us that while he is reasonably well off, he doesn’t think he is well off enough to be running the country pro bono.
“Good on Malcolm you know, but it’s a different kettle of fish for me.”
“Malcolm was a merchant banker, a high flying barrister and a well regarded legal counsel. He is worth a lot of money. He is elite level rich,” Morrison said.
The former Immigration Minister explained to us that while he grew up in the well-to-do electorate of Wentworth, and has been a bureaucrat his whole life, he doesn’t consider himself on that level.
“I’m just public servant rich, which is certainly not rich enough to be turning your nose up at half a mill,” Morrison said.
“In my mind anyway.”
More to come.
