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Peter Dutton has rejected claims by political opponents he is inflaming community tensions after Asio called on politicians to refrain from stoking division.
Speaking on Sky News, the opposition leader said he’s had a conversation with Asio head, Mike Burgess, ahead of the statement going out and said “I’m sure if Mr. Burgess had a message to deliver to me he’d [have] delivered it privately”.
He said the “logical conclusion” is Asio was directing the statement at the small group of people who were chanting antisemitic slogans at the pro-Palestine rally in Sydney on Monday.
It comes after Dutton yesterday called for the attenders who chanted antisemitic slogans to have their visas cancelled and be deported.
Just before, Wong told reports:
I think Asio has outlined clearly to all of us why this situation requires calm leadership … This is not a time for certain politicians to be seeking to play into the fear and division in the community. It is time for all of us to say we stand against all hatred.
Updated at 19.40 EDT27m ago19.20 EDT
Don’t treat referendum as election battle: Noel Pearson
Noel Pearson is imploring Australians to drop political party loyalties and think of the nation’s future when they vote at the Indigenous voice referendum.
The prominent yes campaigner says disgruntled voters should “take the bat to Anthony Albanese” at the next federal election rather than “slamming the door on the Aboriginal children”.
Pearson could not disguise the desperation in his voice on Friday morning, pleading with Australians to vote yes with “the destiny of our children and grandchildren at stake here”.
He told Sky News:
This is not about Liberal versus Labor, One Nation versus the Greens … this is about the future of our country [and] I urge Australian voters to suspend your tribal loyalties … and vote for the country.
– AAP
Updated at 19.23 EDT39m ago19.08 EDT
Hamas ‘have pushed further away the legitimate aspirations’ of Palestinians, says Wong
Wong said Australians must stand together against “all hatred”, and called out “certain politicians” for “seeking to play it to the fear and division in the community”.
It is time for all of us to say we stand against all hatred, all prejudice. There is no place for antisemitism, as there…
2023-10-12 18:23:32
Source from www.theguardian.com
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