‘We’re all terribly sorry’: five ways Scott Morrison dodged questions at the press club Q&A

When it comes to deflecting inconvenient questions, the prime minister has all the moves

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Scott Morrison has kicked the political year off with an address to the National Press Club after which he faced a barrage of questions about the government's handling of the pandemic and poor standing in the opinion polls.

Politicians often answer the question they wish they'd been asked - not the one that was actually asked - and Morrison's Q&A was a classic of the genre.

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