Why 'sorry' is the hardest word for a politician to say

Steve Evans
Harley Dennett
Updated July 24 2021 - 4:39pm, first published 5:25am
Morrison resolutely refused to use the 'S word' one day - then made sure to utter it the next. Why the change? Picture: Getty Images
Morrison resolutely refused to use the 'S word' one day - then made sure to utter it the next. Why the change? Picture: Getty Images

Was it an apology?

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Steve Evans

Steve Evans

Reporter

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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