Published: March 27, 2019
Prime minister responds to pressure following revelations One Nation had sought donations from US gun lobby
Scott Morrison says One Nation will be put below the Labor party at the coming federal election by the Liberal party on its how-to-vote cards, a concession following mounting controversy about his uncomfortable fence-sitting on the question.
The prime minister’s statement to journalists on Thursday morning follows rising internal pressure to distance the Liberals from One Nation in the wake of the Christchurch tragedy and the extraordinary revelations this week about the far-right party’s pursuit of foreign donations in exchange for efforts to water down Australia’s gun laws.
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