The public, to use the Australian vernacular, had had a gutful and voted it out in a landslide. The prime minister was resolute in his condemnation, saying the actions were those of an “extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist”. Last month Morrison said asylum seekers might be paedophiles, murderers or rapists. And earlier this month, he said asylum seekers would take housing and hospital places from Australians. “Not all right-wing extremist hate speech ends in right-wing extremist violence, but all right-wing extremist violence starts in right-wing extremist hate speech,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times March 22, 2019 14:48 UTC