One of Scott Morrison's final acts as Prime Minister was to instruct the Australian Border Force (ABF) to publicise an interception of a suspected asylum seeker boat on election day.
Key points:
The highly controversial move during the election caretaker period followed a direct request from the Prime Minister's office
This decision is now subject to an inquiry by Home Affairs Department Secretary Mike Pezzullo
While the ABC approached former prime minister Scott Morrison about the matter, he declined to comment
...straight from Page 1, third paragraph of the Liberal Party playbook....
