Former Wallabies player’s comments in sermon follow controversy over his sacking for social media posts
Scott Morrison has labelled comments by sacked rugby union star Israel Folau linking devastating bushfires to Australia passing laws to legalise
abortion and same-sex marriage “appallingly insensitive”.
Although both the prime minister and the Labor leader Anthony Albanese defended Folau’s right to express the view, condemnation on Monday was swift and bipartisan.