The Greens have criticised a Facebook ad running in an ultra-marginal Melbourne electorate that suggests the party is a national security risk and may support the listed terrorist organisation Hamas as “inflammatory and untruthful”.
The ad was endorsed by two former Labor MPs and staunch Israel supporters who are spearheading a campaign described as being run by “members of the community”, which is urging voters to preference the Liberals above the Greens in Macnamara.
The group is led by the former federal Labor MP Michael Danby and the former state Labor MP Tony Lupton, who have both – individually and through the group – urged Labor to preference the Greens last. Several Jewish groups have also written to the prime minister to urge the same.
