Well how about this then. A man who got squarely in the face of Prime Minister Scott Morrison at this year’s Bathurst 1000 and repeatedly called him a “fucking muppet” has been hit with a $500 fine after being convicted of behaving in an offensive manner.
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The story goes that Allan Maccaul, a 26-year-old scaffolder from Berriedale in Tasmania, attended this year’s race in New South Wales, where at around 10:30am on October 7th he had a chance run-in with the Prime Minister. One which he apparently took full advantage of.
Morrison was performing official duties at the event and had stopped to engage with members of the public while walking from the rear of the pit lane garages. While most of the public present chatted amiably and took photos, Maccaul took a slightly different approach by approaching the Prime Minister of Australia and bellowing “you’re a fucking muppet” repeatedly.
Morrison’s security detail, which included Protection Operations Unit officers, approached Maccaul and cautioned him over his language, but Maccaul reportedly then retorted “That’s the Premier, he’s a fucking muppet.”
Police then subsequently arrested Maccaul and searched his backpack, uncovering a single joint’s worth of weed and 5 tabs of LSD, which Maccaul defending by asserting “It’s just enough for a joint, I was going to smoke it while I watched the race,” which we cannot argue with TBH.
However police still saw fit to slap the young Tasmanian with two counts of drug possession, over which he copped two additional $400 fines.
Two absolute truths about this story:
- If we’re fining $500 for calling the Prime Minister a fucking muppet to his face then every single one of us is utterly screwed.
- This particular guy in question is about half a day away from being outed as somehow horribly racist.
Take it to the bank.
