A thread soon emerged on twitter alleging an attempt to distract the local audience from damaging scandals concerning his own Liberal Party colleagues at the Independent Commission of Corruption in New South Wales.
Mambo yaliwaka kwenye mtandao wa Twita ambapo uzi unaohusiana na matamshi hayo ulianzishwa kumtuhumu kujaribu kuhamisha welekeo wa mjadala kufuatia kashfa mbaya kuhusu jamaa zake wa chama cha Liberal wanaokabiliwa na mashitaka mbele ya Tume Huru ya Ufisadi huko New South Wales.