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Circling back to a breakfast TV interview this morning where Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie accused the government of being “weak and timid” in its response to in Melbourne and Sydney over the weekend.Speaking on a Today panel with Labor Minister Amanda Rishworth, McKenzie accused Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke of being too slow to respond to instances of support for terrorist organisations in Australia since October 7 last year.

Rishworth opened her response by stating she “completely disagrees” with McKenzie’s assessment, asserting that the government had been “unequivocal” in its condemnation of those indicating support for terrorist organisations.“More importantly, we put laws through the parliament to say that the displaying of terrorist symbols such as flags like this was a criminal offence, that glorifying terrorism was a criminal offence ... the previous government didn’t put those laws through.

 

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