Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has rejected Peter Dutton's claim that he apologized for his remarks on the rise of antisemitism, calling it a 'complete fabrication'. The row escalated after Dreyfus accused the opposition of 'politicizing the trauma' of Jewish people following the Hamas attack on Israel. Dutton defended the Coalition's move to silence Dreyfus in parliament, arguing that Dreyfus should have apologized for his comments.
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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