The Warringah MP has been praised for calling out the Coalition’s racism. But she’s far from a “Green in Gucci” when it comes to Gaza.
“For too long, we’ve been bullied into not calling out divisive and racist policy out of fear,” Zali Steggall tells me, a week after she demanded Peter Dutton “stop being racist” during a debate over his calls for a ban on Palestinians refugees fleeing Gaza. Just like during the Voice referendum, Labor, while critical of the opposition leader, has yet again been dancing around the term this week, calling him everything from “divisive” to “nasty”.
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