PM rejects 'slurs' over Lib preselection

By Dominic Giannini
Updated April 4 2022 - 8:01pm, first published 7:58pm
Scott Morrison has denied claims he told party members not to have a Lebanese person as a candidate.
Scott Morrison has denied claims he told party members not to have a Lebanese person as a candidate.

A day after the prime minister indicated he would sign a statutory declaration that he did not racially vilify an opponent during a 2007 preselection battle, Scott Morrison appears to have walked back his words.

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