When Peter Dutton claims Labor isn’t horrified enough about Hamas, it doesn’t help anyone

Pro-Palestinian rally outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, 9 October, 2023. ‘Apparently Albanese was supposed to pick up the phone to imams who did not organise the protests to denounce them.’ Photograph: Reuters

The Australian government’s condemnation of Hamas for targeting Israeli civilians and its support for the right of Israel to defend itself was total and unambiguous.

But you wouldn’t know it if you only tuned in to certain rightwing outlets or watched the press conferences of the opposition leader, Peter Dutton.