George Christensen advocates for civil disobedience as vaccine mandates rock Coalition
Labor leader calls on Morrison to condemn member for Dawson after he likened mandates to decrees by Hitler and Pol Pot'
Scott Morrison is continuing to battle insurgencies within his own ranks, with Queensland National George Christensen sanctioning civil disobedience in response to vaccine mandates, and veteran Victorian Liberal Russell Broadbent declaring mandates without reasonable exemptions are not only unconscionable, they are criminal".
Senior ministers on Wednesday persuaded two rebel Liberal senators, Gerard Rennick and Alex Antic, who have threatened to withhold support for government legislation, to support the government on procedural votes during the final sitting fortnight. The government has agreed to a tweak to the vaccine indemnity scheme.
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