Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has rejected claims by Peter Dutton that he apologized for remarks about the opposition's handling of antisemitism. Dreyfus called Dutton's accusations a 'complete fabrication' after the Coalition attempted to silence the attorney-general in parliament on Monday.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has flatly rejected a claim from Peter Dutton over an angry debate on the rise of antisemitism, accusing the opposition leader of spreading a “complete fabrication” over what took place in parliament on Monday.
In a move that shocked ministers, the Coalition reacted to Dreyfus on Monday by moving in parliament that he “be no longer heard” – a relatively rare motion that forces a vote on whether to silence the person speaking. “In the last few months, I have stood in the shadow of the main gate at the Auschwitz death camp, I have stood on the field where a music festival in Israel was turned into a bloodbath and I have stood in the ruins of a burnt-out synagogue in my own home,” Dreyfus said on Monday.“But those opposite have taken every opportunity since 7 October 2023 to politicise the trauma and the experiences of the Jewish people.
“It was a slur, it was misplaced, he, I think, apologised to the prime minister on the front bench afterwards, and so he should,” Dutton said.
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