Health Minister Greg Hunt 'likes’ tweet slamming the Prime Minister

With the Prime Minister under pressure to put One Nation last at the next federal election - was it a slip of the thumb, or something more?

VIDEO ABOVE: The Feed heads to One Nation heartland to ask 'Why Is One Nation getting your vote?"

If there's one thing we all know to be true, it's that if you tweet it - it'll probably haunt you forever.

The Twitter account belonging to Health Minister Greg Hunt has been caught out 'liking' a tweet criticising the Prime Minister - a tweet written by none other than the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten.

Mr Shorten posted the tweet below yesterday, calling on the PM to 'show leadership and put One Nation and parties like them last'.
Bill Shorten tweet
Tweet sent from Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's account. Source: The Feed
'Auspolwatch' - a Twitter bot account set up to keep track of Tweets liked by Australian politicians - picked up the 'like' late last night.
Greg Hunt tweet
Source: The Feed
Journalist Shane Bazzi appears to have managed to grab a screenshot of the post on Mr Hunt's account, before it was deleted.
The Feed has reached out to the Health Minister's office for comment.

Party divisions?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been under increasing pressure to commit to preferencing One Nation last at the upcoming federal election.

The government ruled out a deal to swap preferences with the minor party, but Scott Morrison won't confirm that they'll also put One Nation candidates last on how-to-vote cards.

It follows explosive revelations the minor party sought millions of dollars in donations from the American 'National Rifle Association' to help weaken Australia's gun laws.

When asked about the decision, the PM has so far avoided the question and instead made an appeal to One Nation voters.
The answer is not One Nation. The answer is not to go to those extremes.
"The answer is the Liberal and National parties of this country" he told reporters on Tuesday.

But Liberal Party members have not been unified in their reaction to One Nation’s association with the NRA.

Retiring Minister Kelly O'Dwyer supports putting One Nation last.
You need to call it as you see it and you need to demonstrate leadership.
Nationals MP Keith Pitt said the party should put the Greens last, instead.

"The Greens are absolute idealists who want to destroy our nation and our way of life."

Labor has already committed to dumping One Nation to last place on their how to vote cards, with the Opposition Leader putting more pressure on the PM to follow suit.

"How abhorrent does a political party's conduct have to be before Mr Morrison will put the nation's interests ahead of the government?"

A colourful Twitter feed:

This isn't the first time the 'Auspolwatch' bot has pulled up a major Australian politician on questionable Twitter conduct.

In November 2017, the account tweeted that then-Defence Industries Minister Christopher Pyne 'liked' a pornographic tweet in the early hours of one morning.
Pyne hacked tweet
A tweet from the account of MP Christopher Pyne Source: Twitter
Mr Pyne claimed his account had been hacked. The incident prompted Labor and Cory Bernardi to call for an investigation into potential security breaches.

In March 2018, the bot picked up a 'like' by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton that appeared to be having a bit of a dig at embattled then-Nationals leader, Barnaby Joyce.
The bot was built by developer Josh Byrd, who works for the ABC in Brisbane.

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