Never before have Australians witnessed their alternative government blame their current government for a terrorist attack. In the midst of that, we have seen what the Jewish Council of Australia has called a “divisive pro-Israel wishlist” adopted as the only answer.
NSW premier Chris Minns has used the massacre to announce his government will adopt gun reform discussed at national cabinet as part of a major crackdown on protests. Neither Minns or his Liberal counterpart Kelly Sloane, who is in wholehearted agreement, have managed to explain how further limiting protest would make anyone safer or improve social cohesion.
Massacre as political theatre: our shameful national response to Bondi | Amy Remeikis
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Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 5 days ago
I’m glad people are speaking and writing about this. I’m finding it hard to put into words why i’m so disappointed by my country’s reaction to this massacre.
I think, to his credit, Albanese saw the connections that would be made and sought in that first speech on that Sunday night to temporally distance this tragedy from the genocide in Gaza. It might’ve been a futile effort, but he tried so hard in that moment to bring all Australians together, for Australians to reject the malign outside influence of an unstable world, to deal with our problems and disagreements here with compassion.
In this way i think Australia has failed the PM.