With Friends Like This...
Mark Knight
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.
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