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With Friends Like This...

First panel Scott Morrison is in an icy climate next to Grace Tame. Second panel he is next to Gladys Berejiklian saying, 'It's good to be back amongst friends Gladys... Gladys?'

Mark Knight

3 February 2022

Prime Minister Scott Morrison was met with a cool reception from 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame at a morning tea held for the 2022 Australian of the Year finalists in Canberra. A photograph of the moment went viral on social media. A few days later, texts from former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian calling Morrison a ‘horrible person’ were leaked to the media, and caused a sensation.