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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today taken to his Instagram page today to emphasise that his party are focused on the real issues that matter to Australians, not the political games and noise in Canberra.
This is in relation to the current investigation surrounding cabinet minister Angus Taylor and the allegedly doctored document he used to try to discredit Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore and her council over climate change.
Mr Taylor insisted in Parliament that he relied on a document downloaded from the City of Sydney website when he claimed the council spent $15.9 million on travel for its councillors when the real costs were less than $6,000.
He also leaked that document to the Coalition’s propaganda arm at NewsCorp, who published it on a front page.
The fact that Taylor was $15,894000 off the mark has come as a concern to both his fellow Parliamentarians and the greater public. Many are now questioning whether or not he has been stitched up by his own party handing him misinformation – ‘utegate’ style – or if he is actually just an idiot.
However, Prime Minister Morrison has come out swinging against his government’s critics today, insisting that this particular example of what looks like full-blown forgery, is actually just an echo-chamber issue.
“Anyone who has an issue with a trusted cabinet minister in my government doctoring official documents to spread lies in an effort to not have to confront his own inaction towards the very real climate crisis is stuck in the Canberra Bubble”
“Get out of the Canberra Bubble. The Quiet Australians aren’t interested in holding career politicians accountable for telling lies”
“In fact the Quiet Australians think Angus Taylor is a good bloke and respect him for having such a go. He’s keeping the Promise Of Australia. And he’s burning for us. Like those bushfires”
Morrison then took it one step further by suggesting his controversial phone call to NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller is also a Canberra Bubble issue.
“Anyone who thinks I was out of line by calling the sycophantic head of New South Wales Police and attempting to influence his investigation into Taylor needs to go and get their head screwed on,” he said.
“It’s honestly beyond me how obsessed people get with potential forgery, fraud and abuse of process and power.”
“Just chill out and watch the cricket or something on. Let’s just tone it down a bit okay.”
