By Paula Ahillon and Aidan Wondracz For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 06:09 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 06:09 GMT, 21 March 2019
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Scott Morrison and Waleed Aly will go head-to-head on The Project on Thursday night after the PM slammed the star for claiming he wanted to target voter fears about Muslim immigration.
The dispute erupted after Aly claimed in his emotional response to the Christchurch terrorist attack that the PM told colleagues to exploit fears of Muslim immigration as a political strategy.
Mr Morrison slammed the claims as 'lies' and cancelled an appearance on the show earlier this week.
The PM's appearance on The Project will be a commercial free sit down one-on-one conversation with Aly.
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The PM's appearance on The Project will be a commercial free sit down one-on-one conversation with Aly
Scott Morrison (pictured) and Waleed Aly will go head-to-head on The Project on Thursday night
The Prime Minister's decision to appear comes after The Project embarrassingly made a factual error in an editorial countering Scott Morrison's claim the show was responsible for a 'disgraceful smear' on his reputation.
On Wednesday night, The Project host, Hamish MacDonald returned fire at the Prime Minister, saying: 'The PM says he wants the truth. Well, here are some facts.'
Unfortunately, his speech almost immediately contained a factual error and The Project was forced to Tweet a correction shortly after it aired.
MacDonald said
