The Opposition leader said non-citizens who used antisemitic speech at pro-Palestinian rallies should have their visas cancelled.
The federal Opposition leader has been accused of attacking the right to protest after he called for protesters who used antisemitic speech to have their visas cancelled. Peter Dutton called for the deportation of temporary visa holders who attend pro-Palestinian rallies, in comments immediately dismissed as an attack on the right to protest.
Burgess cautioned "words matter", noting the agency "has seen direct connections between inflamed language and inflamed community tensions". Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil urged Australians to consider the optics of rallies that could further hurt an already reeling Jewish community, adding it was not about political views on Israel and Palestinian territories.
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