Since the terrorist attack in Christchurch that saw 50 innocent people murdered, a handful of Australian politicians have attracted significant attention for their insensitive comments.
First, there was Fraser Anning’s statement in response to the attacks, which said the “real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place”.
Then, Pauline Hanson appeared on Sunrise, saying it’s important we ask questions like, “Why do we have terrorist attacks in this country? Why is it happening around the world?” after referencing Sydney’s Lindt Cafe siege, where an Iranian-born gunman held 18 people hostage.
Side note: take a minute to listen to The Quicky’s episode in response to the Christchurch terror attack.
Adding fuel to the fire, on Monday night’s episode of Q&A, Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds appeared to link terrorism with refugees seeking medical treatment in Australia.
The Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery urged fellow politicians on the ABC panel show not to politicise the terror in Christchurch, and then she revealed the issue was “very personal” to her.
Apparently, she was sickened when members of the senate supported Labor’s amendments to the medivac bill because she has “lived through terrorism.”
“I was one of the few who has lived through terrorism and the impact up in the Bali bombings, I was up there, I saw, I smelt… and I got to understand the what was happening,” she told the Q&A audience in Townsville.
“There are people in our own nation and there are people overseas who want to do us harm. They don’t respect our compassion. And they certainly do not respect our way of life.”
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