Grace Tame says ‘spare me the condescension, old man’ after Albanese defends ‘difficult’ comment
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#73V99)
PM clarifies remark but says he disagrees with some language the 2021 Australian of the Year has used
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Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame has said we all know what you meant" after the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, claimed he meant to describe her difficult life" when he labelled her difficult".
Speaking in Melbourne on Thursday morning, the prime minister said he had not meant to describe Tame as difficult" at a News Corp event on Wednesday, when he was asked to describe public figures in one word. Instead he meant that her life had been difficult", he said.
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