What Morrison didn’t expect in Biloela
Sep 6, 2019 • 16m16s
How support for a Tamil family in Biloela blindsided the government and caused the prime minister to panic.
What Morrison didn’t expect in Biloela
74 • Sep 6, 2019
What Morrison didn’t expect in Biloela
The Morrison government has been flatfooted by public outrage over its plan to deport a family from Biloela. Attempts to recapture the narrative have seen clumsy, anti-asylum seeker stories placed in The Australian. Paul Bongiorno on the political panic that has accompanied compassion for a Tamil family whose town spoke up.
Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno.
Background reading:
Seeking mercy for Tamil family in The Saturday Paper
The Saturday Paper
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