Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

At the press conference that was held with me he also said:

After the 7th of October, I warned that inflamed language could lead to inflamed community tensions. Unfortunately this is what's playing out.

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This is really a matter for everyone—community leaders, politicians, the media. Watch your words, watch your actions … there is a direct correlation between inflamed language, inflamed tension, and violence …

I would have thought there was no moment more unifying in our nation than when we welcomed Olympians home yesterday morning. It was a chance for the Leader of the Opposition to practise that smile that we've heard so much about, and yet he chose this moment, of all moments, to be divisive. He made a moment meant to be about champions about himself. The scarf stayed on, but the mask came off. He sows fear and he sows division. That's what he does. That's what he's done his entire political career, and that's what he continues to do.

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