Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has been accused failing to rein in bad behaviour in his own ranks.
Backbencher Nicolle Flint says she s been driven out of politics by a sustained campaign of abuse and harassment by GetUp, Labor and union supporters, and criticised Albanese and female Labor MPs for not speaking up to defend her at the time.
But the Opposition Leader says that he and other senior MPs will always condemn bad behaviour towards anyone in any campaign .
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Albanese office was regularly harrassed by Extinction Rebellion protesters17/03/2021|3min
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has singled out Extinction Rebellion protesters who he says regularly harassed staff and occupied his office, as he sympathised with outgoing MP Nicolle Flint s experiences of abuse in parliament. Nicolle Flint was subject to terrible treatment. I must say the people who have been named - and some of them seem to be proud of their work - in Extinction Rebellion; they were occupying my office every week and harassing staff, he said. Every week, at the same time, they occupied the office. We need to - in this country - be able to have disagreements on political views in a civil way.
Only political bones in Albanese s body: PM17/03/2021|4min
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused the Labor Party of failing the COVID-19 test of national unity to support the nation s vaccination rollout program, claiming Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese only has political bones in his body.
Mr Morrison claimed Labor sought to undermine the government over its lagging vaccination timeline with just 200,000 doses administered, despite promises of four million vaccinations by the end of March. There have been many COVID-19 tests Australians have overtaken during the course of this pandemic, but there is a test for the opposition when it comes to national unity on the delivery of the vaccine program, he said.
Ms Flint has criticised her political opponents, including Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese and lobby group GetUp, which launched a push to unseat her during the last election.
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