Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gets the finger for committing the ultimate Australian pub sin
Police said a ‘man became abusive to a group at the bar due to [Turnbull] being served before him’
Did Malcolm Turnbull commit the ultimate Aussie pub sin and jump the queue?
One Brisbane man certainly thought so and allegedly unleashed a torrent of abuse – and the finger – at the prime minister and his companions, at a politics-at-the-pub event in Brisbane’s eastern suburbs on Thursday night.
But the 27-year-old Carina man did not even realise who he was flipping the bird to – he was just inflamed by the wait at the bar.
“Police will allege the man became abusive to a group at the bar due to the group being served before him,” a Queensland police spokesman said of the incident at the Carindale hotel. “He was immediately arrested and escorted from the hotel.”
The man has been fined for failing to leave the premises, and was reportedly remorseful about his actions.
The early evening event continued as planned and on Friday morning Turnbull described it as having gone “very well”.
“A very, very warm reception in every respect, it was great to be there with [local MP] Ross Vasta,” he told Brisbane reporters.
