A week after Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched the royal commission into the abuse of disabled Australians, Peter Dutton has apologised for accusing his rival Labor candidate of using her disability as an 'excuse'.
woman with a disability," she said.shed a tear for people with a despicable attack by Peter Dutton Ms France is competing against Mr Dutton for the marginal Queensland seat of Dickson, but lives approximately 5 kilometres outside the electorate because she said she could not find a wheelchair accessible house closer.
The Labor candidate had her leg amputated after she was hit by a car outside a shopping centre in 2011.that plenty of people in the electorate had a disability and were allegedly"quite angry" at Ms France. "Having a disability is not an excuse, it is a reality," Ms France, a former journalist and palliative care worker, told reporters in Brisbane on Friday.It's not the first time the Morrison government has come under fire from opposition politicians for disability issues, following the emotional royal commission speech.
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