Australian Alt media asking all the right questions
Dutton’s dog whistle – why the grandstanding on antisemitism
What’s the political payoff for Peter Dutton’s all-the-way-with-Israel stance? The number of Australians identifying as Jewish is relatively few.
As you may have noticed, Peter Dutton never misses a chance to grandstand on antisemitism or back Israel’s government without reservation.
When it was a simple matter of Australia being consistent with long-standing bi-partisan policy in a United Nations vote, Dutton hyperbolically claimed Labor had “completely abandoned the Jewish community”.
Now, every antisemitic attack, from graffiti to firebombing to the explosives caravan, is an occasion for a fulminating opposition leader or his surrogates to claim Anthony Albanese is responsible for it.
I was expecting something like this in Parliament’s first Question Time: “When did the Prime Minister obtain cans of black spray paint, and where are they now?” and I wasn’t far wrong.
Dutton left the initial slurring to his new Senate leader, Michaelia Cash. (Yes, Senator Cash has been promoted, which says plenty about the available LNP talent.)
“Minister, when will you acknowledge that the antisemitism crisis in Australia has been fuelled by the Albanese government’s consistent actions against Israel on the world stage?” Cash asked Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.
And when did you stop beating your wife? Stay with me and I’ll come back to Wong’s answer.
Cash’s attempt to dump an empty petrol can on Labor’s doorstep was up there with the media and political beat-up over NSW police wanting to keep their covert caravan operation covert.
https://michaelwest.com.au/duttons-dog-whistle-grandstanding-on-antisemitism/