Simmering tensions within New South Wales Labor over the premier’s handling of last weekend’s protest against the killing in Gaza have erupted into the public domain, with a member of the left faction delivering a fiery speech in parliament, accusing his own party of trying to shut down debate on the Middle East.
Anthony D’Adam, a former trade unionist, convener of Labor Friends of Palestine and a member of the upper house, used an adjournment debate on Thursday night to accuse Chris Minns and the caucus of “stultifying the internal culture of the party”.