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Anthony Albanese is slammed over his reaction to Grace Tame after her brutal two-word dig at Australian of the Year event

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2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame wore an incendiary t-shirt to this year's morning tea event with Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon

Anthony Albanese has been drawing Flack after former Australian of the Year Grace Tame grabbed headlines by appearing at an event hosted by the Prime Minister with a rude message to Rupert Murdoch.

The 2021 Australian of the Year wore a t-shirt emblazoned with ‘f**k Murdoch’ as ​​a smiling Mr Albanese and his fiancee Jodie Haydon greeted her at the Lodge in Canberra on Saturday for an Australian of the Year morning tea.

Ms Tame, 30, has struggled with the way her story has been portrayed in the media, particularly News Corp, which is owned by Australian billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his family.

Commentators have criticized the Prime Minister for allowing the crude message to be used and his response to it.

“It is a stunning misjudgment of decency and respect for Prime Minister Albanese to wave and smile at Grace Tame in this offensive shirt,” wrote conservative education expert Kevin Donnelly.

‘Incredible.’

‘I agree. I feel sorry for the Prime Minister but I don’t understand why he was allowed entry when he dressed inappropriately for such an occasion,’ responded former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett.

“Mind Woke Minding Your Brain Ladies & Gentlemen, Grace Tame, Australia Alumnus of the Year 2021 Allotation Example,” former Liberal candidate Katherine Deves tweeted.

2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame wore an incendiary t-shirt to this year’s morning tea event with Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon

‘Embarrassing, clingy and rude to all concerned.

Conservative pundit Prue McSween was also unimpressed.

“Grace Tame will be remembered for being a rude, vulgar, rude and unworthy imposter,” McSween wrote in X.

‘She is representative of a small group of spoiled, entitled and spoiled people who have contributed very little to the community, but set up the Woke Political Juggernaut.

‘A pathetic job. A stain on Australia Day.

In front of the cameras, Mr. Albanese and Ms. Tame shared an awkward exchange on Saturday.

“Thank you for getting me back,” Tame said, having previously visited the shelter as outgoing Australia of the Year in 2022 when he notoriously gave then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison a disdainful side-eye.

‘Revive memory?’ Mr. Albanese asked.

Albanese has copied Flack for allowing the offensive clothing item to be worn at the event and his response

Albanese has copied Flack for allowing the offensive clothing item to be worn at the event and his response

“Reliving a trauma perhaps,” Ms Tame responded with a nervous laugh to Mr Albanese and Ms Haydon.

Mrs. Tame said the ABC She wore the “Speak truth to power” shirt.

“This whole awards program is a platform to make a change,” he said.

She said she believed the Prime Minister was “quite uncomfortable” when he saw what she was wearing.

“I will never lose my passion,” he said.

Ms Tame also made a joke about her choice of confrontation.

“There should be a little clause underneath (the words) with an asterisk that says ‘not literally,'” he said.

Even the T-shirt’s maker, writer Dave Milner, who founded the political commentary website The Sott, expressed surprise at seeing it worn at a premiership function,

“That surreal feeling when an Australian of the year uses your website merchandise to meet the Prime Minister,” he wrote on X.

Tame also had his defenders on social media.

“Grace Tame remains iconic when it comes to our Prime Minister,” he tweeted.

“Grace tames the legend that she is,” posted another on X.

“Wearing that shirt will make her a target again for some time, but she has brought an unsavory Murdochs name to the headlines and that’s why it’s incredible.”

Ms Tame announced this week that she had been named a brand ambassador for Nike.

In 2022, the outspoken advocate for sexual assault survivors sparked controversy when she attended the same event as the outgoing Australian of the Year.

When Ms Tame and her then partner Max Heerey arrived, they were greeted by Mr Morrison and his wife Jenny, who congratulated them on their recent engagement.

But Ms Tame remained stoney as they posed for photos, which captured her giving Morrison an icy “side eye” expression that quickly sparked an avalanche of memes.

He later addressed the snub in

“What I did was not an act of martyrdom in the gender culture war,” she wrote.

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