Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has “made political hay” by hosting a drag queen story time for children in the state’s Parliament – however it is a “gift the extreme right has given and laid in his lap”, says Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand.
“But let’s not forget the only reason they’re doing this in Parliament House is because council libraries had to cancel the events because they were getting death threats, because they were getting bombarded with abuse, they were scared that people were going to show up as they have in the past … and chant things and get in people’s faces.
“It’s in Parliament House because extremists on the right had previously disrupted, broken up, invaded … in front of the kids that they claim they’re protecting – they traumatised them by going in there and holding these ridiculous, stupid protests.Read More
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