While most of what happens in the parliament stays in the parliament, with an understanding from all sides that sometimes theatrics are just part of the job, Wednesday’s question time events seeped into the personal.
It’s no secret that Labor MPs feel frustrated at the backlash the government has faced from activists over Gaza, having supported calls for a humanitarian ceasefire and increasingly strengthened its language on the Rafah offensive. And they blame the Greens and what Anthony Albanese, Tony Burke and Penny Wong all called “misinformation” for that.
