Scott Morrison speaks of convict ancestry as he welcomes new citizens

By Blake Foden
Updated January 29 2019 - 9:52pm, first published January 26 2019 - 2:23pm

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has spoken of his family's centuries-old ties to Australia Day, telling some of the country's newest citizens of how his fifth-great-grandparents arrived in Australia as convicts.

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