‘I’m Disgusted’: Victorian Premier Lashes Pro-Palestine Activists

Published on May 18, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters have been blasted as bullies and anti-Semites by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan after gatecrashing a Labor state conference in Melbourne. Dozens of activists breached security and entered Moonee Valley Racecourse on May 18 as Victorian Labor MPs, members and unionists gathered for the two-day event. A security guard fell on a moving escalator as he tried to stop protesters. The protesters chanted “Labor Party you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide” after making their way upstairs. They then started banging on the locked conference room doors and chanting during the in-memoriam section that referenced the deaths of former Labor leader Simon Crean, Dunkley MP Peta Murphy and Senator Linda White....

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