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Scott Morrison: always short on answers, now shy with questions Scott Morrison: always short on answers, now shy with questions
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Refusing to answer questions is standard practice for Scott Morrison. He and his press team are hard at it day and night. Keeping us in the dark is not, apparently, about saving the government embarrassment but thwarting people smugglers and protecting asylum seekers from prying eyes.Refusing to answer questions is standard practice for Scott Morrison. He and his press team are hard at it day and night. Keeping us in the dark is not, apparently, about saving the government embarrassment but thwarting people smugglers and protecting asylum seekers from prying eyes.
From Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to Nauru in the Pacific, a curtain of secrecy has been drawn over the operations of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. And things are getting worse. Always short on answers, Morrison is now shy with questions.From Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to Nauru in the Pacific, a curtain of secrecy has been drawn over the operations of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. And things are getting worse. Always short on answers, Morrison is now shy with questions.
The transcript he posted after his often-heated Operation Sovereign Borders press conference on Friday doesn't record 23 of the questions put to the minister. Guardian Australia recorded them all, but the official transcript says these 23 were “inaudible”.The transcript he posted after his often-heated Operation Sovereign Borders press conference on Friday doesn't record 23 of the questions put to the minister. Guardian Australia recorded them all, but the official transcript says these 23 were “inaudible”.
The press had a lot to ask that morning – about Morrison's denial of a home to refugees who came by boat long before the latest crackdown; about his code of good behavior, which might see asylum seekers in the community thrown back into immigration detention for holding rowdy parties; and about the shocking revelations of the Christmas Island doctors, published only hours before by Guardian Australia. The press had a lot to ask that morning – about Morrison's denial of a home to refugees who came by boat long before the latest crackdown; about his code of good behavior, which might see asylum seekers in the community thrown back into immigration detention for holding rowdy parties; and about the shocking revelations of the Christmas Island doctors in this article, published only hours before by Guardian Australia.
The record of all of this on the minister’s website is less a transcript than a piece of lace. Every precious word of Morrison’s is there but not those 23 questions, and another 34 patches are held to be “indistinct”.The record of all of this on the minister’s website is less a transcript than a piece of lace. Every precious word of Morrison’s is there but not those 23 questions, and another 34 patches are held to be “indistinct”.
It’s comic:It’s comic:
Journalist: [Indistinct] apart from actual criminal activity [indistinct] what examples were you aware of [indistinct] community [indistinct] a social [indistinct]?Journalist: [Indistinct] apart from actual criminal activity [indistinct] what examples were you aware of [indistinct] community [indistinct] a social [indistinct]?
Scott Morrison: Well, I should stress …Scott Morrison: Well, I should stress …
Perhaps the four microphones in the briefing room are shot: brand new but, as the doctors say about so many of the medical arrangements on Christmas Island, not fit for purpose.Perhaps the four microphones in the briefing room are shot: brand new but, as the doctors say about so many of the medical arrangements on Christmas Island, not fit for purpose.
Guardian Australia, keen to help out, offered our tape to Morrison’s office to fix the gaps. We have every word. It’s all there and they can have it. But despite numerous phone calls, text messages and emails to his media adviser at the weekend, there has been no response.Guardian Australia, keen to help out, offered our tape to Morrison’s office to fix the gaps. We have every word. It’s all there and they can have it. But despite numerous phone calls, text messages and emails to his media adviser at the weekend, there has been no response.
Not responding is becoming an art form under Morrison. The offer stands. Meanwhile, the transcript on the website is gibberish and it seems the minister for immigration and border protection is happy to see it stay that way.Not responding is becoming an art form under Morrison. The offer stands. Meanwhile, the transcript on the website is gibberish and it seems the minister for immigration and border protection is happy to see it stay that way.
For full audio of the Operation Sovereign Borders press conference - click hereFor full audio of the Operation Sovereign Borders press conference - click here
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