ABC chief political correspondent Laura Tingle has come under fire for comments she made criticising Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
program, Laura Tingle, has come under fire for comments she made at a Sydney Writers’ Festival event where she reportedly criticised Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and declared Australia a “racist country”.
She said that after listening to Dutton’s budget reply speech earlier this month, where he discussed migration and housing issues, she “had this sudden flash of people turning up to try and rent a property or at an auction and they look a bit different – whatever you define different as – that basically he has given them license to be abused and in any circumstance where people feel like they’re missing out”.
Tingle also described Dutton’s move to slash migration as “so much dog whistling … it doesn’t make rational sense”, before attacking shadow treasurer Angus Taylor after he gave a National Press Club address last Wednesday – which she moderated.
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