An emotional Premier Daniel Andrews has urged civility in public debate after a pair of boots was left at the front of the location of his father's funeral as part of an online campaign to 'Give Dan the Boot' | paulsakkal
An emotional Premier Daniel Andrews has urged civility in public debate after a pair of boots was left at the front of the location of his father's funeral as part of an online campaign to "Give Dan the Boot".
On Tuesday, Mr Andrews called the photograph a shameful "low" act and asked the public to refrain from invoking his deceased relatives in political debates."I saw that photo, the photo was sent to me by someone," he said. "I know that farm well.Mr Andrews – whose father, Bob, a cattleman,at the family's farm in Londrigan, near Wangaratta, following a battle with cancer – said vigorous debate was good for democracy but "decency matters too".
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