Labor Faces Backlash Over Meme Mocking Peter Dutton and Wife
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demanded the removal of a Victorian Labor social media post criticized as a personal attack on the opposition leader's family.
- The Victorian Labor Party posted a meme on Facebook using a 2019 photo of Peter Dutton and his wife, Kirilly, which was criticized as a personal attack.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ordered the meme to be taken down, stating that families should remain off-limits in political discourse.
- Labor ministers, including Jason Clare and Bill Shorten, condemned the post, calling it inappropriate and damaging to the party’s messaging discipline.
- Peter Dutton responded, pledging that his party would not target Albanese’s fiancée, Jodie Haydon, and urged mutual respect for family privacy in politics.
- Critics, including members of the Liberal Party and political analysts, labeled the meme as juvenile and a distraction from addressing key voter concerns like the cost-of-living crisis.
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