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Laura Tingle

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.

Three 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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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.

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