Screencap from ABC News
By Situation Theatre 5/6/2019
Morrison says he’s not troubled by the law being upheld nor the staggering hypocrisy of his entire ideology.
The upcoming term of Parliament will be a busy one for the Prime Minister, what with his crusade for and against free speech.
Mr Morrison will spend half his time passionately defending the freedom of rugby players to demonise LGBTI communities and News Corp journalists and Liberal ministers to incite hatred against Muslim communities.
The other half of his time will be spent passionately attacking the freedom of journalists to report truths about his government.
As the Australian Federal Police raid the homes and workplaces of journalists across the country, Mr Morrison quoted Voltaire on free speech: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”.
Asked if this applied to journalists, the PM said,
“Hahahahahaha, how good is Winx?
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