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And here is the Queensland deputy leader Steven Miles’s take on Scott Morrison’s Father’s Day trip.
The deputy premier scathing on the PM as well:
“To be quite frank, I’m less concerned about where the prime minister spends his weekends and more concerned with where he’s sending the vaccines.”
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Here is controversial MP, former Liberal party member and anti-lockdown advocate Craig Kelly’s take on Scott Morrison’s Father’s Day trip to NSW.
DISGUSTING double standards by Morrison
While we were locked up & COULDN’T travel for Father’s Day, Morrison travels for Father’s Day
SHAME
COMPLETELY out of touch
CAN’T trust Morrison
CAN’T trust the Libs#VoteOUTLiberalshttps://t.co/ih2DsAEvf2