Scott Morrison evades Labor questions on use of ‘Shanghai Sam’ moniker before outright denial
by Katharine Murphy from on (#5S810)
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Scott Morrison has ducked a direct question about why he called a former Labor senator Shanghai Sam" 17 times before denying he'd ever used that term.
As the opposition doubles down on a campaign of questioning the prime minister's truthfulness, Morrison was asked to explain why he would use that terminology 17 times on 11 occasions and then deny using it.
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