Sunrise host David Koch has been involved in an on-air clash with Scott Morrison after the Prime Minister tried to answer a light-hearted question by talking about Australia’s unemployment rate.
During the interview on Channel 7’s Sunrise, Koch ended the segment by asking Mr Morrison about a “lighthearted story” of Sydney council threatening not to empty the rubbish of a resident who has plastered anti-ScoMo stickers on his bins.
The stickers feature Mr Morrison holding up a lump of coal in parliament accompanied by the phrase “bin him”.
When Koch asked Mr Morrison what he thought of that, the Prime Minister immediately sought to deflect.
“I will leave that to the mayor of Hornsby,” Mr Morrison said, before he continued on.
“What I’m focused on in ensuring our economic plans continues to work, unemployment down four per cent …,” he said.
Koch spoke over him, saying “yeah yeah yeah”.
“No David, not yeah, yeah yeah. This is serious stuff,” Mr Morrison retaliated.
Koch fired back: “It is serious, but you’d made the point earlier on that. We’re trying to finish with something a bit light hearted.”
“I’ll let him (the Hornsby mayor) deal with taking the bins out. I’ll get on with strengthening the economy,” Mr Morrison said in response.
Koch made one parting remark as he farewelled the Prime Minister: “We all have to keep smiling”.
xjmtzywHornsby Shire Council mayor Philip Ruddock defended his council’s decision not to empty the bins on Wednesday.
He told 2GB stickers of any form weren’t allowed “on public furniture”.
“Political advertising should be done on private property,” he said.
Earlier in his interview on Channel 7, Mr Morrison had been asked about Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s refusal to call an independent inquiry into allegations of bullying by the late senator Kimberley Kitching.
Mr Morrison also spruiked his $5.4b announcement for the Hells Gate dam project.
