Scott Morrison Interrupted Senior Female Minister In Effort To Prove He Respects Women Very Much
You cannot make this stuff up.
Scott Morrison confirmed the workplace culture for woman in Parliament House has, in fact, not improved after he interrupted Senior Minister Anne Ruston at a press conference where she was about to answer a question directed specifically to her on the matter.
After Monday night’s Four Corner investigation into the toxic workplace culture which has impacted women working in Parliament House, which you can read all about in our explainer here, the government has come under fire for allowing male behaviour which has negatively impacted women’s work lives go unchecked.
You can watch the press conference here:
No one has shown me more respect than the man who just interrupted me to answer a question addressed to me. https://t.co/dDQWdaqJWV
— Daniel (@Nemmi6) November 10, 2020
“Let me answer that for you, lil lady” – @ScottMorrisonMP
— Michael Brennan (@Michael_B_tweet) November 10, 2020
Hey @ScottMorrisonMP interrupting a woman while she’s talking the way you did only adds evidence to the four corners ep. you continue to do yourself no favours.
— somewherein84 ?? (@somewherein84) November 10, 2020
Morrison interrupting Ruston when she was attempting to answer a question about the treatment of women in politics is everything.
— Dr Cristy Clark (@cristyclark) November 10, 2020
Ruston only gets this far: “The thing I can…”
Interesting — if you consider being interrupted on live television respectful.
People were also unimpressed by Ruston’s response (y’know when she finally got the chance the answer).
I wouldn't expect Anne Ruston to say anything different from what she said today (with or without Morrison comments). She is another Julie Bishop and she will be treated in the same way as Julie Bishop.
— Lara Palombo (@lara_palombo) November 10, 2020
“No one has treated me with more respect than the Prime Minister.”
No one. Christ.
— rosec (@rosec) November 10, 2020