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(24,329 posts)The last PM (Abbott) was an uber Christian nutter
2016: Fresh from giving new hope to disaffected conservative Liberals by staying in federal politics, Tony Abbott will fly to the United States on Tuesday to gee-up one of the religious right's most reactionary bodies, the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Mr Abbott, who is being accompanied by wife Margie, will give a speech on the topic of "the importance of family" to the pro-Christian, Republican-aligned lobby, which opposes abortion, wants to end gay marriage and is pushing to roll back some feminist advances.
2015: As PM, Mr Abbott carried out the controversial policy of turning away migrant boats, sending them elsewhere. (Called what Europe was doing, "misguided altruism)
PM Scott Morrison
2021: Scott Morrisons speech referencing 'evil one' ignites debate over religion and politics
Questions have been raised about the separation of church and state after Prime Minister Scott Morrison angered critics by travelling on a tax-payer funded plane to attend a Christian conference over the weekend.
Speaking at the Australian Christian Convention on the Gold Coast, Mr Morrison admitted hed been in evacuation centres where people thought I was just giving someone a hug and I was praying, and putting my hands on people
laying hands on them and praying in various situations.
Mr Morrisons comments about social media were also the target of scrutiny after he said it could be used as a weapon by the evil one.
2021: Scott Morrison tells Christian conference he was called to do Gods work as prime minister
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Australias first Pentecostal PM says he practises the tradition of laying on of hands while working and calls misuse of social media the work of the evil one