...last February, when victims of the Christmas Island boat people tragedy were due to be buried in Sydney, he launched an ill-tempered attack on the government for paying for family members to make the journey from Christmas Island. Among them was Madian El Ibrahimy, a detainee at the Indian Ocean detention centre, whose wife, Zman, four-year-old son, Nzar, and eight-month-old daughter, Zahra, had all died at sea....Seasoned commentators struggled to recall a nastier instance of gutter politics from a senior politician...
Posted on: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:30:01 +0000