Opinion
Political debate in Australia is at a dangerous tipping point
In the arts and now politics, claims about the other side are turning to reductionism and wild overreach.
Laura TingleColumnistThree young actors took their curtain call at the Sydney Theatre Company last Saturday night wearing keffiyehs – the scarves associated with Palestinians – around their shoulders.
What happened in the aftermath is a reflection of how the latest conflict in the Middle East has erupted into a bitter and dangerous reductionism in political debates in Australia.
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