Scott Morrison denies falsely claiming 2007 preselection rival Michael Towke was a Muslim
by Tory Shepherd from World news | The Guardian on (#5XRZ6)
Prime minister says he did not say Towke was a Muslim or suggest he couldn't be trusted because he was Lebanese
The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has flatly denied allegations he said his competitor for preselection in 2007 was a Muslim who was being investigated".
Last week, Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells launched an extraordinary attack on Morrison in parliament. She called him an autocrat [and] a bully who has no moral compass" and was scathing of his intervention in New South Wales preselections.
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