Human rights body to consider complaint against Peter Dutton over Israel-Gaza commentary

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 31^st, 2025 at 8:22pm:

Bring it on.




One of the comments complainants raised was from July last year, in which they claimed Mr Dutton suggested electing Muslim political candidates among other independents would be a "disaster".

"I think what it does demonstrate is that the prime minister, if he's in a minority government in the next term of parliament, it will include the Greens, it'll include the Green-teals, it'll include Muslim candidates from Western Sydney, it will be a disaster," Mr Dutton said.

The complaint alleges Mr Dutton's commentary impacted "Palestinian-Australian, Arab-Australian and Muslim-Australian complainants" who believed that "Mr Dutton [was] portraying Palestinians and Muslims as less than human or lacking human qualities".
   

"They felt dehumanised, essentialised and humiliated as an 'Other' who does not and should not matter to Australia," the complaint read..



What a load of bollocks.