Bridget Archer condemns Peter Dutton for invoking the Port Arthur massacre during a speech on antisemitism in Australia. Dutton's comparison between the tragic event and a pro-Palestine protest at the Sydney Opera House has drawn widespread criticism.
Bridget Archer says Peter Dutton went too far when he invoked the Port Arthur massacre during a speech about the rise of antisemitism in Australia . Bridget Archer says Peter Dutton went too far when he invoked the Port Arthur massacre during a speech about the rise of antisemitism in Australia . Peter Dutton has drawn widespread criticism, including from one of his own MPs, for comparing the 1996 mass murder of 35 people at Port Arthur to a pro-Palestine protest at the Sydney Opera House .
“While no one was killed during the 9 October protests, the events at the Sydney Opera House were akin to a Port Arthur moment in terms of their social significance,” Dutton said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “It’s up to him to explain that. I’m someone who has spent time, including recently in Parliament House, with the family of victims of Port Arthur.”
Albanese said efforts to politicise or weaponise issues surrounding the Israel-Gaza conflict were not appropriate and risked dividing Australian communities.
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