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Greens leader threatens legal action against attorney-general over 'defamatory' comments (www.sbs.com.au)

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Adam Bandt said comments Mark Dreyfus made about the Greens and pro-Palestinian activists were "utterly unfounded".

Greens leader Adam Bandt says his lawyers have written to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus over "defamatory" comments.

Dreyfus made the comments about pro-Palestinian protests in an interview with the ABC.

It comes after the government and Opposition condemned the protests and accused the Greens of inflaming tensions.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Mr Dreyfus spoke on the ABC's Afternoon Briefing where he directed his anger about the issue towards the Greens leader.

"I think that the Greens political party and particularly the leader of the Greens political party have got something to answer for here in the way that they have been encouraging criminal damage of MPs electorate offices, encouraging really riotous behaviour, sometimes violent behaviour, that has been occurring outside electorate offices," Mr Dreyfus said on the program.

Here are the comments in question, as reported by the ABC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I understand SBS's desire to avoid potentially platforming misinformation, but the story is pretty meaningless without this context.

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