Morrison’s character has been on the show, and we’re seeing the consequences to Australia’s interests and international standing as a consequence.
His character is one of somebody friendly who’s dishonest, and someone whose reflex is spin rather than sincerity and always reaches for background and leaking, and someone who stubbornly refuses to say, ‘Yes, we could have handled this better’.
And there are really two things that stand out this week, and that goes by relationships. First for the United States and secondly, our relationship with France.
We saw president Biden’s public comments undermined or sought to be undermined by someone providing an American National Security Council document to a journalist. An extraordinary act against an ally.
And secondly, a text message between two leaders. Now if I had done that to you, I’d leaked a personal text message, you wouldn’t trust me again, and neither would anyone who knew that I’ve done that.
And the problem is by … refusing to take responsibility, or refusing to acknowledge he could have done better – Mr Morrison has not only made himself … untrustworthy, he’s putting Australia in a very bad position, in a dire position.
All because he doesn’t want to take responsibility for his behaviour.