Opinion

Share the care to share the benefits and power

By Kim Rubenstein and Trish Bergin
Updated March 1 2021 - 5:42pm, first published 12:00am
Scott Morrison came under attack after his comments on the "clarifying" advice of his wife Jenny. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Scott Morrison came under attack after his comments on the "clarifying" advice of his wife Jenny. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Struggling to get his head around Brittany Higgins' explosive allegation of being raped in Parliament House, the Prime Minister drew on the "clarifying" advice of his wife Jenny: "You have to think about this as a father first. What would you want to happen if it were our girls?" The Canberra press gallery immediately got what Scott Morrison's homespun wisdom missed: "Shouldn't you have thought about it as a human being? And what happens if men don't have a wife and children? Do they reach the same compassionate conclusion?" Channel Ten's Tegan George asked. But to the PM, she was speaking a different language: "being a husband and a father is central to me ... so I just can't follow the question you are putting."

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