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Scott Morrison doesn’t get sick of the “silly” photo ops [silly photo opportunities being how the question was framed], he tells Melbourne radio’s Neil Mitchell, because he “doesn’t see them that way”.
He then gives a hero-gram to tradies.
I don’t fit in those ways, what I see is [being] out and about and doing what Australians do every day.
… What I enjoy doing is standing there with an apprentice who shows me what they’re learning, and then I’d have a go at it.
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