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12.49am BST
The prime minister has been asked what he would say to someone who feels the government’s response is “actually just trying to ban flirting in the workplace?”
And sure Morrison’s response does involve yet another story about the bloody footy, but overall quite worth reading.
I was recently at a game, and there was an older couple sitting next to me catching the game. They had a much better night than I did that night because they were backing a different team.
I heard something the husband said to the wife what she had said, and he said, “We can’t say that anymore.” I went, “That’s what we were talking about” it wasn’t angry, it wasn’t dismissive. It was respectful, it was positive and I think that’s the sort of conversation that we have to have in our relationships, in our communities, in our homes, in our clubs, in our churches, wherever you happen to be.
12.44am BST
Morrison has been asked when we can expect to see these changes come into effect:
I think we’ll draw a package of legislative reforms this year and whether that can be done in time for the budget sittings, that would be our goal to do that before the end of June to introduce that.
But it’s important, I think, with such sensitive legislation that we engage with the drafting of that legislation that we consult on that. And what I would like to see happen here is I’d like to introduce this legislation through the attorney and see this enjoy bipartisan, multi-partisan support.
