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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Basford Canales and Daniel Hurst

Dutton calls Greens ‘evil’ and claims Bandt ‘unfit for public office’ as tensions over Gaza war continue

Peter Dutton said the Greens were ‘all about radical causes’ but Adam Bandt said his party was expressing support for peaceful protests across Australia.
Peter Dutton said the Greens were ‘all about radical causes’ but Adam Bandt said his party was expressing support for peaceful protests across Australia. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Tensions in parliament over a rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia sparked by the war in Gaza have spilled over into a second day with the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, calling the Greens “evil” and accusing it of playing a “central” role in protests on university campuses.

Parliament’s question time erupted on Wednesday after Anthony Albanese accused the Greens of spreading misinformation and Dutton alleged the Greens were condoning acts of violence instead of condemning them.

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