The Prime Minister's wife has taken a swipe at former Australian of the Year Grace Tame's decision not to smile during an event at the Lodge.
Interviewed by Karl Stefanovic for 60 Minutes, Jenny Morrison said it was "disappointing" Ms Tame did not smile at a recent meet and greet.
"I just wish the focus had been on all the incredible people coming in," she said.
"I just found it a little bit disappointing, [because] we were welcoming her in our home."
Ms Morrison, along with her husband Scott Morrison, welcomed Ms Tame to an Australia Day event in Canberra last month.
Television cameras captured the meeting as Ms Tame and her fiance, Max Heerey, arrived.
The pair were congratulated on their recent engagement — but they remained stony-faced as the group posed for photographs.
Ms Morrison told Channel Nine she wanted her own daughters to become fierce and independent but also to have manners.
The Prime Minister's wife said she respected "people who want to change things, stand up for their beliefs and are strong".
"I want my daughters to grow up to be fierce, strong, independent, amazing people. I think they can still do that and show kindness to other people and be polite and have manners."
Mr Morrison did not comment on the snub during the Channel Nine program, and has not previously expressed any opinion on it.
Ms Tame has said that she did not smile because the "survival of abuse culture is dependent on submissive smiles".
"It is dependent on hypocrisy," she said in a tweet.
"My past is only relevant to the extent that I have seen — in fact, I have worn — the consequences of civility for the sake of civility."
Video from the event shows Ms Tame briefly smiling and nodding to Ms Morrison.
Joyce defends Ms Morrison
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said he was "on Jenny Morrison's side".
"You don't have to respect the person, you have to respect the office and the great honour and how we see the office of the Prime Minister," he said.
"And for 30 seconds you just have to be polite.
"You can have your strident political views, you're absolutely entitled to them ... you're absolutely entitled to go to the podium and express them but at that point, we all have to do it.
"If I see Anthony Albanese in the corridor, I'm polite to him."
Deputy Opposition leader Richard Marles said Ms Tame had made it clear over the last year she was going to make her feelings known.
"I think to be focusing on a particular look on the part of Grace Tame misses the point of what Grace Tame is about," he said.
"Grace Tame in her year as Australian of the Year has completely changed the conversation.
"She is a remarkable Australian and someone who has really found their voice and is using their voice for good for the whole country."
