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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.

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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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