"I am so ashamed." Why thousands of Australians are claiming Scott Morrison is not their PM.

#NotMyPM was the trending Twitter hashtag on Monday night, after Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, chose not to attend the Uluru closure ceremony.

After decades of activism and protesting by the Indigenous Anangu people, the management board of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park unanimously banned tourists from climbing the sacred site in November 2017, with the closure coming into effect on October 26, 2019. Marking the historic decision, dignitaries and members of the Indigenous community celebrated the occasion with an official ceremony, with a notable exception.

Instead of attending, Morrison, 51, was seen at a Constellation Cup netball match, watching a game between the Australia Diamonds and the New Zealand Silver Ferns at Perth’s RAC Arena with his wife, Jennifer Morrison, and their two daughters, Lily and Abbey Morrison.

Explaining his absence, Morrison claimed a scheduling issue meant he wasn't able to attend the ceremony, instead sending Environment Minister Sussan Ley. While the Minister for Indigenous Health, Ken Wyatt, and Leader of the Opposition, Anthony Albanese, were also absent, Labor members Senator Pat Dodson, Linda Burney and Malarndirri McCarthy were present.

“My schedule didn’t permit me to be there. I can’t be in two places at once. I was in WA on the weekend and I was travelling back with my family from the West Australian telethon,” he told media at a press conference in Sydney this Monday.

In response, Australians have flooded Twitter with tweets calling Morrison's absence "selfish," "insulting," and "privileged," marking their disdain with the hashtag #NotMyPM.

@ScottMorrisonMP has ZERO respect for the aboriginal community. He is leading an example of a selfish & privileged white person, I am so ashamed of his decisions and he doesn't deserve to be Australia's leader. #NotMyPM

— Olivia Beasley (@oliviabeasley_) October 28, 2019

Dear @ScottMorrisonMP,

As our Prime Minister, you should know where your priorities lie. You not being at Uluru on Sunday, is like saying a big "stuff you" to a large group of people, that literally gave us everything, and had no choice.#NotMyPM

— Long Joan Silver (aka Georgia) (@LongJoanSilver) October 28, 2019

#NotMyPM this was an unforgivable insult to #Aboriginal people across Australia. @ScottMorrisonMP on the grog watching netball didn't front at #UluruClimbClosure to keep his white hate redneck vote content. https://t.co/mWNMQPHOYL

— Sydney Sider (@harbourside6) October 28, 2019

if Hillsong were custodians of Uluru, Scott Morrison woulda stayed til the end and offered all attendees a quick blowjibber for the road. #NotMyPM

— Shared World Stupor (@nofuxremain) October 28, 2019

Shame that a Telethon which is held annually and a netball match which is also not a once in a lifetime event, stopped you from attending the celebration of the closure of the Uluru climb, an insult to the Indigenous people. #NotMyPM

— Frances Williams (@frances4820) October 28, 2019

There are lots of things wrong with this government. Scomo's absence at the Uluru closing ceremony clearly indicates he has no sympathy for the first nation's peoples! Does he really deserve to be the PM of #Australia? #NotMyPM #Auspol

— ????Kumar Jha (@KumarJha66) October 28, 2019

Morrison on Uluru Closing Celebration : I can't be at two events at once so I went to the white one. #NotMyPM #auspol

— ????Elmer Olson (@ElmerOlson) October 28, 2019

It was an insult. Any true PM would have acknowledged this moment.
Turnbull didn’t meet with Clinton, Dutton walked out on the Sorry speech, now this.

The man doesn’t govern for all of us, he only governs for people like him. The selfish, privileged and greedy. #NotMyPM #auspol https://t.co/tkjv4NUBfn

— mrs nixon (@MrNixonsWife) October 28, 2019

wHAT A TOTAL DICK is @ScottMorrisonMP
Just as Trump spends hours on the golf course, this stupid git thinks that being a Prime Minister & being paid $500,00- a year means constantly going to sporting events for free.https://t.co/RF1uPtJfSt
#NotMyPM#FWofthehighestorder

— Drk (@Drk98451370) October 28, 2019

Twitter users also took this opportunity to express concerns in other areas of the PM's leadership, commenting on his policies relating to mental health, and the drought currently affecting 97 per cent of NSW, and large areas of Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, as well as his controversial relationship with Hillsong church leader Brian Houston, whose father Frank has been found guilty of child sexual abuse.

No military to help farmers feed stock because you reckon that would cost jobs. What f&#%ing jobs? Do you really believe all these farmers can AFFORD to employ people? They barely afford to feed themselves and their stock, they don't have spare for wages!!!#NotMyPM #drought

— ????JillofallTrades (@JillofallT) October 28, 2019

A Prime Minister using the language of, ‘man up’ in any context, validates he’s #NotMyPM but shows incredible disrespect to what mental health actually means in our society at present.

— ????????????????Janie Mundon???????????????? (@JaneMundon) October 25, 2019

I think @ScottMorrisonMP should realise he is a servant of Australia and man up, answer the question truthfully! This guy is so arrogant he doesn’t respect anybody and by all reports has trouble showing empathy. #NotMyPM #LiarFromTheShire #auspol @theprojecttv https://t.co/DUgFbL8OLP

— Eartheater8750 (@Eartheater8750) October 27, 2019

ScoMo is so inept that he requires a taxpayer-funded 'empathy consultant' as human interaction is too mystifying for him to navigate #NotMyPM

— Astro Jimi (@AstroJimi) October 28, 2019

How dare you when you treat refugees with cruelty and contempt. You are a horrible human being. #NotMyPM #hometobilo #LetThemStay

— Tan Digi (@tandigi) October 26, 2019

If @ScottMorrisonMP can be our prime minster, then maybe I should win a Grammy for my drunken rendition of The Horses. Apparently competence isn’t valued here. #NotMyPM #auspol

— Brooke Lilac (@brooke_lilac) October 28, 2019

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