Grace Tame claims she received a ‘threatening’ phone call warning her not to criticise PM
by Katharine Murphy and Sarah Martin from on (#5VYKC)
The 2021 Australian of the Year says the intimidating behaviour felt familiar to her as a survivor of grooming and abuse
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Grace Tame has said in a speech to the National Press Club that she received a threatening" phone call from a senior member of a government-funded organisation warning her not to criticise the prime minister, Scott Morrison, on the eve of last month's Australian of the Year awards because there was an election coming soon".
Tame, who attracted criticism from some commentators for her negative body language during an Australia Day reception with Morrison at the Lodge in late January, declined on Wednesday to name the organisation or the person who allegedly made the call in August.
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