Peter Dutton clearly projects himself as a tough leader. But is Australia ready for another hard-man PM?
“Screaming and interrupting, and rude, and insulting, intimidating and bullying.” Such were the descriptors used by former Labor WA PremierMcGowan was speaking about his experiences of the joint press conferences he had with Albanese during that six-week campaign.reported, “attracted ongoing criticism from Labor supporters and veteran journalists for interjections and combative questioning”.“The sort of thing in a workplace, you’d get sacked for,” McGowan said.
“With Hezbollah, you’re saying being responsible for the deaths of women and children; groups have commented on the hypocrisy of that situation because there are no bans currently on Israeli flags being raised, despite 45,000 people dying at the hands of the Israeli government,” she said. At this, Dutton took umbrage, saying it was a bipartisan decision to list Hezbollah as a terrorist group and “if the ABC doesn’t support that, they should be very clear about it”.
Dutton went harder and harder as the prime minister tried manfully to tread middle ground on the issue. Dutton accused Albanese of “weakness” and said, of the protesters with the Hezbollah signs, that He does look feeble on the issue of banning gambling ads, despite having political cover – a parliamentary inquiry chaired by late Labor MPrecommended a ban on all gambling ads within three years. Not to mention the rightness of a deeply moral cause, which he could argue for if he wanted to.Meanwhile, Dutton insists that he and his party have not given up on winning back the climate-concerned teal seats.
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