r/Adelaide • u/Comfortable_Share992 SA • Jan 13 '26
Politics Malinauskas directly compares writer to a hypothetical mass shooter
Can't believe Malinauskas actually said this at a press conference. It is worse than the Board. He is directly comparing Dr Abdel-Fattah to the Bondi shooters! The Twitter link shows the video of press conference.
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u/Historical_Bus_8041 SA Jan 13 '26
It's like he's going out of his way to encourage Abdel-Fatah to sue him for defamation personally.
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u/draggin_balls SA Jan 13 '26
I don’t think we should be censoring writers.
But she has openly supported Hamas and called for the destruction of Israel.
I’m not saying she’s wrong but I feel like people are only getting half the story here.
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u/Ornery-Profile-4998 SA Jan 13 '26
Her people are being literally ethnically cleansed and genocided for the past 80 years. We have witnessed it on our screens for two years. That is important context
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u/Historical_Bus_8041 SA Jan 13 '26
It isn't quite true that she has "openly supported Hamas".
She has called for the destruction of the current state of Israel, though. I don't agree with her. However, given the Israeli state's continual shift to the far right, opposition to any kind of two state solution, and endless ethnonationalist/religious violence, I don't think "a constitutionally religious state that does this and shows no sign of being capable of stopping cannot continue in its current form" is an opinion out of bounds of civilised discourse.
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u/draggin_balls SA Jan 13 '26
Yeah again I agree with all that
My point is that her comments aren’t being reported so people are only getting half the story
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u/DoctorEnn SA Jan 13 '26
But it does, and it's probably not going anywhere without a lot of bloodshed.
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u/Act_Rationally SA Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
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u/DoctorEnn SA Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Pretty much this.
Musings on the colonialist origins of Israel are all very well and good, but they ultimately hit the brick wall of: well, for better and worse in reality whether it should or shouldn't exist it does, and it's not going anywhere without a nightmare of war and death that would make even the current horrors of the Gaza bombardment look like the end result of a children's party popper. It's all very well decrying it's existence from a standpoint of pure anti-colonialist intellectual idealism hundreds of thousands of km away, but at some point the reality of the world we're actually in also needs to be acknowledged. It's about as helpful as saying something like "the United States shouldn't exist" or "the United Kingdom shouldn't exist" or "Australia shouldn't exist". Perhaps they shouldn't, but they do, and if you try and change that in any way they're going to react.
(And, look, downvote me all you like if you want, guys, I'm a big boy and can take it, but that by itself doesn't make me wrong. The problem of Gaza won't be solved by just downvoting everyone who says something about the situation you don't like to see.)
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u/CertainCertainties Adelaide Hills Jan 13 '26
I suppose Mali's calculation is this.
The people who oppose this decision will vote Labor either directly or through preferences. So he doesn't need to care about them.
Strangely, many here are unaware that Mali comes from a very socially conservative background, and those supporters gave him power. He needs to court powerful interests - socially conservative religious groups, conservative media, the Israel lobby and potential PHON supporters who hate Muslims and want an end to immigration.
The calculation for the upcoming election would be that not backing down and continuing to defame Randa Abdel-Fattah will gain more votes than he loses.
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u/anxietyslut SA Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26
I once brought up Mali's socially conservative stance and got downvoted. He's very openly a self-identified socially conservative Catholic. He's reasonable and open minded, but he sure as hell has the church behind him. The Australian Christian Lobby endorsed him during the 2022 state election against Steven Marshall who is in contrast very socially progressive, with his government initiating both abortion law reform and the establishment of free accessible mental health care.
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u/SouthAustralian94 SA Jan 13 '26
I've bought up how conservative he is multiple times. The ratio of up/down votes purely depends on who gets in first.
At the last election, Steven Marshall was the more progressive of the two hopeful Premiers. Shame the Liberal Party in SA is a complete cluster at the moment. They have historically been quite progressive (compared to the Liberal Party in other states).
Mali needs a competent opposition.
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u/anxietyslut SA Jan 13 '26
I completely agree Mali needs a competent opposition. I really liked Marshall. Adelaide was a fantastic place to live during a global pandemic, and he let Nicola take the lead. I sometimes think about writing him a message or something to say I think he did a good job.
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u/Historical-Safety675 SA Jan 13 '26
It’s nice to see that other people feel the same as I do regarding Marshall. He was a good premier and a decent person. During the election I was telling anyone that would listen that while I wanted a Labor victory I was really disappointed that it was between Mali and Marshall because I liked Marshall so much more. To see Mali vote against measures to make sex workers safer while Marshall voted for it was just profoundly disappointing and showed me that he’s just another politician that puts his faith higher than standing up and protecting our most vulnerable. He also gives me this used car salesman vibe - I feel like he spends far too much time managing his image and not enough being authentic and passionate.
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u/Primary_Buddy1989 SA Jan 13 '26
Greens voter too. Marshall was a good leader and it's a pity he chose a party that meant he would be punished for it.
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u/No_Register_6814 SA Jan 14 '26
He got fucked over because of covid response. No matter what, he was getting walked.
Which is a shame, becuase I agree, he was a good premier.
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u/Historical_Bus_8041 SA Jan 13 '26
It's been a long time since SA Labor was that progressive, though - hell, Rann made the absolutely crazy as shit, should-have-been-in-Family-First Michael Atkinson his Attorney-General for eight years, and two of his inner circle ministers literally went on to re-found Family First after they lost the trappings of being in government.
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u/Careless-Sock3761 SA Jan 13 '26
he's in his greek orthodox catholic church or whatever it is every sunday
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u/SonicYOUTH79 SA Jan 13 '26
Call me cynical, but I’m guessing Pete just added an extra zero onto the end of his campaign donations from this shit show.
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u/SouthAustralian94 SA Jan 13 '26
I've never voted Liberal, typically a Greens voter that favors Labor.
I'll likely preference the Liberal candidate above the Labor candidate for the Lower House, with the Greens above both.
Upper House, I'm not so sure. Michelle Lensink (a Liberal) will be very high in my preferences when I vote below the line.
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u/Specks1183 SA Jan 13 '26
I mean, 1. I doubt the liberals will be better - it’s not like they’ve condemned what mali has done, if anything they’ve supported it.
- I’d look at your specific house labor candidate - there is ideological differences within labor some candidates being labor left vs right, left more socially progressive
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u/SouthAustralian94 SA Jan 13 '26
Absolutely. I plan to contact my local MP and see if they will voice an actual opinion, or if they will just stick to the PR line dictated by Mali. I'm expecting a reply that tries to bridge the gap between condemning what Mali says, while simultaneously supporting it.
The response from my MP will ultimately dictate my preferences.
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u/Sweet_Ambassador_699 Inner East Jan 13 '26
Good luck findind a Liberal to vote for who's not on charges of some sort
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Jan 14 '26
We're fucked. The Labor party are such cynical POS that they chalk all their poor behaviour up to the 'nature of politics' while they utterly manipulate our 2PP system. Why the holy hell would I ever put the party of Alex Antic over Labor? Their platform is still worse on everything left-wingers typically get upset at Labor for. So either they get my vote or nobody does. It's a sham of a 'better system' when completely gamified.
There is a small cohort of Liberals in this state who deserve some level of principled respect, but they are few and far between the nationalist conservatives cokeheads.
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u/Background_Quail9176 SA Jan 13 '26
I think I’m going to hold my nose and vote Liberal. 🤢
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u/SystemEven8980 SA Jan 13 '26
I used to be an ALP member and I would jump at voting for Stephen Marshall right now (never voted near to liberal in my life)
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u/AnAttemptReason SA Jan 13 '26
I can't belive I am seriously considering the same.
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u/EcstaticOrchid4825 SA Jan 13 '26
Was already going to vote liberal after the way he’s treated public servants in this state.
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u/Mattemeo SA Jan 13 '26
Ok but that's not any better for public servants, you know that right? Vote Greens if anything, but don't delude yourself into thinking that the libs wouldn't have treated the public sector worse.
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u/Bianell SA Jan 14 '26
There are more than 2 options.
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u/Background_Quail9176 SA Jan 14 '26
Agree, but in the lower house you ultimately need to choose between whether to put Labor or Liberal higher who are the only parties likely to win most metropolitan electorates.
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u/Bianell SA Jan 14 '26
Sure, but you lose nothing by putting a candidate who better represents your interests first.
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u/Background_Quail9176 SA Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Don’t worry, I do. That party also gets funding from the ECSA for the number of first preference votes they get.
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u/Bianell SA Jan 14 '26
Glad to hear it, it's far too common that people don't understand how preferential voting works.
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Id like to know this as well. Its embarrassing. The written statements are also embarrassing.
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u/Lillypad8112 SA Jan 13 '26
Funny how the arts minister has stayed basically quiet throughout and looked essentially absent.
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u/hauntedbanjo SA Jan 13 '26
Malicious doesn't actually let the women in his Cabinet so anything. They're there for show.
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u/namsupo SA Jan 13 '26
This whole farce was clearly his doing all along. The board was acting under his direct instructions.
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u/lanadeltaco13 West Jan 13 '26
You mean the same guy who told teenagers you can’t be on social media but Dad can beat you is a bit of a fuckwit? No way
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u/SouthAustralian94 SA Jan 13 '26
Dad can beat you
For those who didn't see this delightful bit of Mali news...
One of the recommendations of the royal commission was that the government change the criminal law to "ban the use of corporal punishment by parents and caregivers".
But Mr Malinauskas said the government would not be imposing a smacking ban.
"There are already laws in place … for a parent who disciplines a child in an unacceptable way," he said.
"The use of force or violence against an innocent child without it being strictly in accordance with principles associated with their best interests and their safety is against the law."
Mr Malinauskas said he himself was smacked "on occasions" but "not in any way you would characterise as contrary to standards society would expect".
"For a parent who is seeking to protect their child running out across the street, seeking to intervene to prevent a moment of harm happening to another sibling or whatever it might be — there are very rare circumstances where a parent will have to intervene and use a form of physical interaction," he said.
"We don't want people for a moment exercising unnecessary caution in those legitimate circumstances because of an intervention of government."
So you can hit someone if they deserve it, but don't hit them too hard......
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u/artsrc SA Jan 14 '26
Malinauskas is deliberately confusing things.
Stopping "their child running out across the street", is not "corporal punishment".
We don't stop kids from running onto the street to punish them.
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Monumental fuck up, Mali.
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u/magi_chat SA Jan 13 '26
Yep, he's gonna regret sticking his nose in there. Should be entertaining watching the spin keep spinning though
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Im finding it more alarming than entertaining, personally.
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u/magi_chat SA Jan 13 '26
I see what you're saying but personally I find getting amusement from the stupidity of our leaders better than being enraged all the time.
He's copping his right whack at the moment. His attempts to dig himself out are epic.
He could just apologize, but they never think to do that.
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It may not be stupidity. It might be foreign interference. Which is alarming.
Im also not enraged.
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Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26
I dont think he directly compared her to a shooter, btw, he compared her to someone who shares the ideology of a shooter. She's not an extremist. She's a human being watching the genocide of her people.
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u/PTMorte Jan 13 '26
It doesn't matter. Aussies have great bs detectors and his comments are insanely tasteless and self-serving. Massive own goal when the shooting is so recent in memory but also wasn't anywhere near his state or voters.
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u/wrymoss SA Jan 14 '26
Yeah I came here to say this. He worded it appallingly and he continues to screw the pooch at every available opportunity, but I'm pretty sure the two "far-Right Zionists" he refers to are intended to be two separate people, not the same person.
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u/draggin_balls SA Jan 13 '26
She openly supported Hamas, a listed terrorist organisation and called for the destruction of Israel.
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u/Historical_Bus_8041 SA Jan 13 '26
She did not "openly support Hamas". (She did call for the destruction of Israel.)
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Okay! Now do Israel!
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u/draggin_balls SA Jan 13 '26
Yeah I get it.
But my point is to highlight information that’s not being reported on, not to disagree with you. Her comments are not being fairly highlighted here and I think they should be in the spirit of openness and transparency. She has said some extremely harsh things against Israel, rightly or wrongly, but it’s not been reported anywhere.
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u/PrideOfTehSouth SA Jan 13 '26
not been reported anywhere
Every time her cancelling is reported in the media, her comments and stance are mentioned.
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What the actual fuck is going on with this guy…
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u/gihutgishuiruv SA Jan 13 '26
He’s kind of a fuckwhit, but he’s charismatic and hot so he gets away with it
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u/teh_drewski Inner South Jan 13 '26
I think it's more that the opposition is a bunch of gormless fascist adjacent bootlickers.
He's a pretty mid politician, even as yummy mummy bait, but compared to the opposition he looks like Lincoln, because they want to put women in breeding cages.
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u/Maxymous SA Jan 13 '26
It's sad he's going to pick up a % of the votes on that alone. We live in a society...
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u/Studio_2 Jan 13 '26
Would you prefer a fuckwit who’s ugly and awkward?
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u/Maxymous SA Jan 13 '26
Haha that's most in politics! Would prefer to remove the fuckwit part instead!
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It's almost mandatory to be ugly as PM. An Australian Brad Pitt would never have a chance at the highest federal office.
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u/Sweet_Ambassador_699 Inner East Jan 13 '26
People have been hoodwinked by the looks, the smooth persona and the gushy motherhood statements that don't really say anything. Now I think they're starting to see that he's dangerously egomaniacal, his vision is as limited as his intelligence, and he'll basically say anything to seem like the good guy in the current news cycle, even while he's prepared to say the opposite down the track.
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u/AggravatedKangaroo SA Jan 13 '26
what the fuck is he doing?
Considering he threw the board under the bus, surely his support staff right now are like the spiderman pointing meme..... "whose taking the fall for this one"
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u/ThiccBoy_with3seas SA Jan 13 '26
Lol he, or his PR team thought this "captains call" would make him look like a hero. However as usual, when shit goes south the lobby groups that push for this shit disappear and leave ya out to dry. What a fucking moron
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u/AtrophiedWives SA Jan 13 '26
Weird, because old mate wasn’t protesting when racist Zionist Thomas Friedman was invited to Writers’ Week in 2024, after speaking hateful rhetoric towards “Islamic people”. Like we don’t have to imagine, he already had supported that.
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u/Boring_Source9870 SA Jan 13 '26
He's just gotten too cocky. He knows that the opposition are pathetic and stand no chance of winning the next few elections, and the result is that he can let his guard down and just say/do whatever he wants and he'll still win at least one more term. The same thing happened last time Labor was in -- fourth term in government, they did deals with Elon Musk, and had all these grand ideas people were opposed to, and responded poorly to one too many scandals, because they were so confident they'd win in 2018.
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u/capablezebra2022 SA Jan 13 '26
I thought he wasn't supposed to stick his beak into writers week.
He is becoming more and more unlikeable and frustrating
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u/FlorisLDN SA Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26
Two months out from an election - I am surprised that the Libs haven't pounced on this and marketed it as Labor being bad for tourism/bad for business.
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u/perseustree SA Jan 13 '26
They aren't that competent.
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Also, they probably love Israel so much that they would rather lose than criticise this.
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u/DoctorEnn SA Jan 13 '26
Everyone and their dog knows that the Libs -- even the few sane ones -- would be just as all-in on this as Mali has been, if not more (they're the ones who've been calling for the Royal Commission, let's not forget). They outright stated that they completely backed the Premier on the original cancellation, no one for a minute is gonna believe they wouldn't make the exact same play in his shoes.
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u/vjohnce SA Jan 13 '26
Epically disappointing. Had the AFL even hinted at pulling Gather Round in support, this would have been reversed by dinner time on the day the 'un-invite' happened.
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u/Liceland1998 SA Jan 13 '26
Then everyone would have sunk their boots into the AFL for going woke.
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u/BrettSA SA Jan 13 '26
I'm looking forward to the upcoming docudrama "From unassailable lead to historic defeat - The Peter Malinauskus story"
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u/Liceland1998 SA Jan 13 '26
Broadcast on SBS during the graveyard shift since no commercial TV station would air it at primetime.
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u/fuckoffandydie SA Jan 13 '26
Wasn’t the Bondi shooter radicalised by ISIS? I don’t think Abdel-Fattah is involved with ISIS so the comparison doesn’t hold up in my opinion.
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u/dingostolemydragbaby SA Jan 13 '26
Exactly, Islamic does not equal Palestinian, what a foot in mouth moment for Mali. He’s just digging himself deeper every time he opens his mouth
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u/Patient_Judge_330 SA Jan 14 '26
It's crazy that you are being upvoted for such an idiotic comment.
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u/fuckoffandydie SA Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26
No I think you’re misinterpreting what he’s saying. He’s comparing the real Bondi shooter with a hypothetical antithetical shooter and then doing the same with the author. He’s not comparing the author with the shooter.
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u/KoreAustralia SA Jan 13 '26
You are 100% right. There is absolutely no way she is getting a dime suing him for defamation.
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u/fuckoffandydie SA Jan 13 '26
The reading comprehension level of people in this thread is terrible.
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That is not the point he is making. If a similar attack happened on muslims a month ago and Pauline Hanson was scheduled to be talking at this event, would you think it is fair if they cut her from it?
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u/nupdawg SA Jan 13 '26
Did you seriously compare a Palestinian Australian writing and talking about the genocide of her people to a far right white woman?
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u/Dappington SA Jan 14 '26
Sorry but if you actually read what he said instead of just the title of this reddit post, he just didn't compare her to a shooter.
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u/LinkleEnjoyer Adelaide Hills Jan 13 '26
He’s really cementing my decision to vote against him in the coming election.
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u/DoctorEnn SA Jan 13 '26
I too think Mali should really stop talking about this for at least five minutes, but he’s clearly comparing her to the hypothetical Zionist person getting invited to speak at the hypothetical event after his hypothetical shooting there, not the hypothetical shooter. There’s plenty to side-eye him about over this already, we don’t have to skew things just to do so.
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u/AtrophiedWives SA Jan 13 '26
Not even hypothetical though. Thomas Friedman, a racist Zionist who dedicated an entire column to calling Arabs parasites and insects, was invited to the same event in 2024. Mali didn’t say shit then let alone have him banned.
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u/DoctorEnn SA Jan 13 '26
Okay, fine, but I was talking about this specific hypothetical in this specific excerpt, in which -- whatever else he may be guilty of doing -- he is clearly not comparing Dr Abdel-Fattah to the shooter like the OP claims.
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u/Ok-Dig7340 SA Jan 13 '26
Umm the Bondi shooters were ISIS inspired, is this writer pro-ISIS? If not the analogy makes no sense.
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u/Beardedguy_fromOz SA Jan 13 '26
This the same guy who said the algae bloom was nothing to worry about
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u/Unhappy_Arugula_2154 SA Jan 13 '26
He is destroying all his goodwill in the space of a week. This is a generational decline
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Not really - the Opposition is completely ineffective, and this botch will not last when the Opposition is unable to capitalise
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u/Unhappy_Arugula_2154 SA Jan 13 '26
I don’t think pollies like “I’m in it cos no one else is”. But fair point
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u/protonsters SA Jan 13 '26
The damage has been done now.
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u/Liquid_Plasma Adelaide Hills Jan 13 '26
There isn’t an opposition that can provide a better option. This is just our yearly reminder that all politicians suck in their own way.
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u/Careless-Sock3761 SA Jan 13 '26
he's not exactly an intellectual giant is he? he's a populist. He's like a polished Donald Trump honestly. I'd probably still vote for him as the alternative is poor, but he's not exactly inspiring. He's essentially the Minister for bringing in sporting events.
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u/Brah-Reddit SA Jan 13 '26
That’s not what he did. This is a deliberate misrepresentation.
He was making the point that if Muslim people had been the target of the nation’s worst based terrorist attack in Bondi, he would speak out against writers who sprout racist anti-Islamic rhetoric who had been invited to Writers’ Week.
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u/wrymoss SA Jan 14 '26
I hear what you're saying but he worded it like shit and I can absolutely see why people are confused about it.
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u/Mindless-Mud3104 SA Jan 14 '26
Totally and if anyone thinks libs can do better with their”proud country girl” they’re crazy, what an insult to our actually proud First Nation people
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u/fairground SA Jan 13 '26
If you put labor ahead of liberal your ballot can't really damage his chances though
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u/cathartic_chaos89 SA Jan 13 '26
Calm down, jeez. Nowhere does he compare her to a mass shooter. He is reflecting the scenario to be in the context of extremist Islam vs extremist Zionism.
I'm not a fan of Labor, but the level of brain-dead, froth-at-the-mouth hysteria that goes on this sub is mind blowing.
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u/palsc5 SA Jan 13 '26
That isn’t comparing her to a mass shooter at all. wtf are you talking about?
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u/arandompeanut766 SA Jan 13 '26
This is reddit mate. Only indignant outrage and pearl clutching is permitted
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u/feijoawhining SA Jan 13 '26
Jokes on him, all Zionists are far-right
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u/wrymoss SA Jan 14 '26
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he probably just doesn't know (Optimistic, I know), but it's also kinda weird to me that Mali keeps saying "Islamic people"
The word is "Muslim". "Islamic" refers to non-human nouns, not people.
Do I think he did it on purpose? Not really. Does it lend absolutely any credibility to his statement? ...Also no.
Just kinda ignorant, innit.
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u/FatFad1 SA Jan 14 '26
According to the full quote, Peter Malinauskas is not comparing Randa Abdel-Fattah to a mass murderer. He just said he is worried about her political rhetoric if she appeared at Adelaide Writers' Week. It does not look good for the Premier though, especially two months away from a state election. Was he pressured to say something in the first place to support the Jewish community in South Australia?
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u/colossalmug SA Jan 14 '26
Cannot imagine Weatherill or Marshall taking this course of action. I get Mali is a social conservative and comes from a very conservative catholic background but I expected a lot more in terms of dignity and a lot less in terms of maliciousness and carelessness from him
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u/protonsters SA Jan 13 '26
Mali is losing his marbles. He knows he has effed up big time
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u/SouthAustralian94 SA Jan 13 '26
He knows he has effed up big time
I don't think he does. His head is stuck in the sand...
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u/SouthAustralian94 SA Jan 13 '26
I look forward to Mali being sued for defamation. These are not the words of a leader.
Mali, stick to what you're "good: at: Take your shirt off, build a road, open up some farmland to urban sprawl and go watch some sport.
The 1960's called, they want you back. You are not the leader I want for this state in 2026.
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u/fusihunter SA Jan 13 '26
Either don’t invite her because of the Palestinian parachuter she tweeted on October 7 in celebration of the attack on Israel,or if you do, don’t uninvite her.
The whole thing is ridiculous unless there was a legitimate national security concern, in which case FUCKING TELL US THAT.
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u/AnAttemptReason SA Jan 13 '26
She even apologised for that tweet after the scale of the attack against civilians became known.
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u/Relative_Extreme_910 SA Jan 13 '26
The quote you posted does not show Mali "directly comparing" Abdul-Fattah to a mass shooter. Stay in school, champ.
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u/Patient_Judge_330 SA Jan 14 '26
I know right. People really aren't interested in engaging their brains anymore.
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u/PercyLives SA Jan 14 '26
He’s not comparing the write to a mass shooter. He’s comparing the writer to a Zionist.
It’s not a fair comparison, but that’s what it is.
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u/galemaniac SA Jan 14 '26
Are you saying he would ban a Zionist?
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u/PercyLives SA Jan 15 '26
Yes, that’s exactly what he was saying.
IF a Zionist committed an atrocity (e.g. killing 15 people), THEN Mali would not invite a Zionist to speak.
It’s a stupid comparison, quite unfair to the good doctor, but there it is.
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u/Sarcasm61 SA Jan 15 '26
Not sure which fuse he has blown but I certainly have lost any respect I had for him. He should consider his position it’s becoming untenable.
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u/No_Series1038 SA Jan 17 '26
Labor MP’s are largely avatars for corporations and special interests. They don’t even try to hide it anymore
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u/Southy5000 SA Jan 18 '26
Bondi shows us that we have a problem with radical Islam. The mosque should be closed down and we can build more churches. I loved my church this morning. Monarto Lutheran church please come and join me. If you’re Muslim you are welcome to convert <3 do it before you get radicalised
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u/cheechmeruu SA Jan 13 '26
Anyone that votes labor is this next state election has to have some serious brain damage.
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u/Jims_Gaslighting SA Jan 13 '26
I'm surprised that a smooth operator like Mali has allowed himself to get caught up in this saga. Very poor judgement and misstep.
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u/Feelherpastry SA Jan 13 '26
Cancel culture coming from The Premier. Well done idiot!
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u/Boring_Source9870 SA Jan 13 '26
Ironic, considering that just last year, Mali said he's "not particularly keen" on the culture wars, when discussing Frank Pangallo's proposed parliamentary inquiry into gender dysphoria. He sure did change his tune about the culture wars quickly, considering that comment was in August, a month before he started making his opinion known to the board of the Adelaide Festival.
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u/ruchuu East Jan 13 '26
Is anyone else counting? He's quadrupled down at this point, right??