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The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has defended his comments comparing a pro-Palestinian protest at the Sydney Opera House to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, AAP reports.
Speaking on the Today show, Dutton stood by his remark and said the comparison was a commentary on the prime minister's leadership:
The point I was making - which is absolutely a legitimate one - is that I thought this was a time for the prime minister to show leadership and to step up. Instead, we've had crickets.
You've got a contrast, I think, with John Howard, who stood up at a point of national importance for our country, demonstrated leadership and changed the course of history for the better.
That's the parallel that I'm making - to the absolute absence of leadership from the prime minister at the moment, which has given rise to those in the Jewish community talking about feeling unsafe in our country.
I don't resile from that at all.
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