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Quote from article: Most politicians go to great lengths to avoid alienating large sections of the population, but Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison app
by andrewstuart 8y ago
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Most politicians go to great lengths to avoid alienating large sections of the population, but Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apparently didn't get the memo as he blasted schoolchildren who are organizing protests for climate action.
"What we want is more learning in schools and less activism in schools," Morrison said during question time in Parliament Monday.
- pandapower2 8y agoIts an unusual line to take in an entrenched democracy like Australia. Kind of refreshing compared to the platitudes and metaphorical pats on the heads that would typically greet children undertaking this sort of thing.
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoKind of refreshing compared to the platitudes and metaphorical pats on the heads that would typically greet children undertaking this sort of thing. Except for that whole thing about dealing with potentially existential problems for humanity. Scott Morrison is doubling down on the party's conservative position in the midst of an implosion caused by the party's conservative position. Australia politics is pretty compelling right at this point in time.