Dutton's Response to the Nazi Salute Attack in Victoria Is a Bit of Hardball Politics

Dutton was given leave by the speaker to respond immediately to this attack. The opposition leader said he'd support any legislation banning the Nazi salute and pointed to his record condemning anti-Semitism. Dutton, when he was in government, was relentless, hanging on Elbenizi over every criminal allegation or conviction directed at the militant CFMEU. It's never great for a political leader, is it, if your opponents see you personally as the biggest and best target? If that strategy succeeds and Labor can win us, then what would that mean for Dutton and his political fortunes? Well, you'd have to say it'd be devastating for him.