I could never believe anything the Morrison government put forward. 

I had a postal vote, did not see any alert, do not care and I think most people had made up their minds before election day.

“A convention relies on some element of decency and goodwill,” the PM said. “That’s the nature of convention as opposed to rules. And here we have a government that was prepared to trash the convention." (from OP)

Technically conventions are rules, but they are flexible and the convention also says : sensitive information that is potentially politically significant should not be released publicly during the caretaker period unless a threat to life exists or some other urgency concerning public safety and security is involved.

This claim needs more attention to prove there was no "threat to life."

As a side note Albanese should stop his whining and get on with the job...his plate is full to overflowing.

I am not for any of them...all over ripe tomatoes IMO.

I posted this in Politics:

"I see that Labor wants a full enquiry into a statement on election day about an illegal boat being intercepted and Morrison's role in it. They also want a full enquiry into the RoboDebt system. My question is; what does all of this achieve? We have electricity prices increasing by hundreds of dollars, cost of living increasing well beyond CPI, fuel costs increasing pressure on small business and the possibility of foot and mouth disease being introduced.

Surely what has happened in the past has nothing to do with solving the immediate problems facing the average Australian? An enquiry should be carried out if there has been anything illegal done and the illegality is continuing but RoboDebt was cancelled and those who were involved got compensation. What Morrison is alleged to have done was nothing more than pre-election campaigning. An enquiry will cost money that could be used to ease pressures by continuing the excise relief on fuel which can't be extended because of the current debt."

Note to the PM - Put your head down and your A''' up and get on the job at hand and forget about yesterday.

Our Albo is off again, this time to Ultimo to do battle with Ita Buttrose. His mission to ‘safeguard’  the ABC against political interference.

I see he loves to do it all himself preferring not to send Michelle Rowland  (his newly appointed Communications and Arts Minister) to do her duty!

Coming to see you Ita...

Welcome Albo! We serve nice meals at the ABC!

I recall the "Mediscare" texts on the morning of the 2016 election. Must be ok when Labor is doing it?

What about the continuous lies Labor have been spreading for years, scaring pensioners that the Coalition was planning to force them onto the cashless Welfare card, and also falsely claiming that Medicare would be privatised. The member for Richmond, on the far north coast, had been advertising this for the last six years. This area has the highest percentage of pensioners in Australia. Labor has also had Getup, their left wing support group, appear at polling booths on election day spreading this information. You can Google  Julian Hill MP,  Federal Member for Bruce, regarding cashless pension card. 

I totally disagree with Horace Cope's statement to forget the past. Certainly there is a lot that Morrison and his disciples would like the electorate to forget but as has been pointed out by much wiser people than me that to forget the past leads to making the same mistakes in the future.

The reporting of  turning back  that boat during election day showed a distinct lack of ethical behaviour and was driven by a desperate grab at staying in power. Morrison in the past had always said that he did not comment on things happening on the water as it exposed RAN personnel to danger. As a self proclaimed Christian he has always ignored the 9th commandment which clearly prohibits bearing false witness.     

I look forward to the day when Whining Willie and the Muppets with backing by the 3 Cs disappear!