Dutton Backs His Liberal Candidate In Fowler Because He Didn’t Say Anything Wrong

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact

In 2013, Chief of the Army, Lieutenant-General David Morrison responded to a horrible scandal involving sexual misconduct and degradation of women within the ranks of our land forces. As a man who reveres our armed forces, it would be sage of Peter Dutton to take some of what Lieutenant-General Morrison to heart.

“The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept,” Morrison said.

“That goes for all of us, but especially those, who by their rank, have a leadership role.”

The Opposition leader is standing by his candidate in Fowler, Vivek Singha, after it was revealed he had made some extremely derogatory and racist comments online about Aboriginal Australians. In any other seat, it would’ve been curtains.

Fowler and the independent candidate that represents that electorate, Dai Le, could be useful stepping stone for the Coalition to form government in the event of a hung parliament. Because of that, Dutton is standing by his candidate.

In walking past this, Dutton is accepting it as the standard.

The Liberals in Fowler are preferencing Dai Le to keep the Labor candidate, Tu Le, out of it. If that means they have to walk past what Singha wrote, then so be it.

In supporting the candidacy of Vivek Singha, he is telling the constituency that he didn’t say anything wrong.

More to come.