ANDREW GILES MP
ACTING SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS
SHADOW MINISTER FOR CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
SHADOW MINISTER FOR MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
SHADOW MINISTER ASSISTING FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
MEMBER FOR SCULLIN
Scott Morrison’s border security controls have again been exposed following his Liberal Government’s decision to allow a far-right troll into Australia, who is now boasting about her efforts to breach hotel quarantine rules.
British citizen Katie Hopkins was permanently banned from Twitter in June 2020 for repeatedly breaching the company’s hateful conduct policy.
Despite Twitter’s decision to keep its platform safe, Mr Morrison has rolled-out the red carpet for Ms Hopkins providing her with a visa and a border exemption.
Now that Ms Hopkins is in Australia, she has begun broadcasting from what she described as “VIP quarantine”, and has explained how she is opening up her hotel door naked and without a face mask in a deliberate attempt to breach hotel quarantine rules.
This is grossly disrespectful to frontline workers who are only trying to keep us safe.
We already know Mr Morrison’s hotel quarantine system is leaky and has failed 26 times, leading to millions of Australians being forced into lockdown after lockdown.
The decision by Mr Morrison’s Government to allow Ms Hopkins into the country is particularly painful for the 35,000 Australians who remain stranded overseas, including Australian children trapped in India without their parents.
Ms Hopkins was also detained in March 2018 in South Africa for allegedly spreading racial hatred.
Ms Hopkins should have never been allowed into the country, and now that Ms Hopkins is openly breaching quarantine restrictions Mr Morrison must take responsibility for his failure.
No doubt, Mr Morrison will try to use weasel words and blame New South Wales for Ms Hopkins’ conduct. Well, that just doesn’t pass the pub test.
Mr Morrison doesn’t hold a hose, won’t pick up the phone, and has abandoned stranded Australians as he lets far right trolls into the country, undermining our response to the pandemic and our social cohesion.
Mr Morrison is not on your side.