Malcolm Turnbull: "Statements like that, whether they're intended as jokes or not, are completely and utterly unacceptable." The second joke is about "a black guy in Chicago" who had "witnessed a rape and he's been called into court". "More than twenty years ago I told crude and inappropriate jokes, which were completely unacceptable and I apologise unreservedly. "Statements like that, whether they're intended as jokes or not, are completely and utterly unacceptable," Turnbull said. Not all disrespect of women ends up in violence against women, but that's where all violence against women begins, so all of us need to reflect on that.

Source: Huffington Post November 23, 2017 04:07 UTC