Morrison polls slide into rape disgrace

Tuesday, 2 March 2021

There is no end in sight for the horrible Morrison rape protection racket. But the mud is sticking. Via Essential:

Two in three respondents in the latest Essential poll believe the government has shown more interest in protecting its political interests than the interests of women who have made rape and sexual assault allegations.

With Scott Morrison now facing pressure to act over a historical rape allegation against an unnamed serving cabinet minister, the poll also shows just one in three respondents say they have trust in political offices to ensure a safe workplace for women.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.