It's been a wild week in politics, both here in Australia and across the world. It's a reflection that recent events in the Middle East will continue to dominate and divide voters for some time to come.
The Australian government has tried to find a middle path when it comes to Gaza . Fatima Payman ’s departure tells us that can be just as perilousHe might have already been trailing in the polls. There may have already been deep doubts among voters about whether he was too old for the job.
At its heart, Payman's defection to the crossbench is an outcome of the intense and growing angst among Middle Eastern communities about what has been happening in Gaza and what is perceived to have been an uneven, and/or slow response by Australia to the growing shocking casualty lists and human misery there, particularly relative to the outrage expressed about the original horrendous Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7.
There are perilous questions for those communities whether they run or not, and for the way the broader political debate unfolds from here. The big questions are not just about numbers of seats, but how such an issue influences day-to-day politicking, particularly in the hands of a ruthlessly targeted politician who knows how to land his lines as Peter Dutton does.His response on Thursday to a question about Senator Payman has sparked outrage in some quarters, but should actually also go into the political textbooks as an example of how to surgically hit every hot-button issue in one short grab for the cameras.
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