House debates
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Questions without Notice
Political Advertising
2:19 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
Well, perhaps I wasn't going to give a specific example, but I will. During the recent campaign there was a photograph with the Star of David, a cross and the faces of eight Australians: Mark Leibler, Thomas Mayo, Anthony Pratt, Justice Stephen Rothman, Julian Leeser, Josh Burns, Kim Rubenstein and Mark Dreyfus. This is what it said:
All of the major creators, financiers and supporters of the Voice to Parliament are Jewish. Ask yourself why .38% of Australia's population is using 3% as a battering ram against the rest of the country. Every single time.
Before the ad, the account said this:
Just a totally organic cohencidence—
spelt C-O-H-E-N-C-I-D-E-N-C-E—
for the betterment of Australia and totally not the latest chapter in the thousands year old hate and attempted destruction of white people.
The question that has been asked by the member for Warringah goes to a serious question, and everyone in this parliament would find that totally abhorrent, which is—
Opposition members interjecting—
Why are you interjecting at this point in time?
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