Reality bites
After weeks of demanding swift action following the Bondi terror attack, Sussan Ley now faces the political and legal pitfalls of her own timeline.
From the moment Opposition Leader Sussan Ley took a partisan line after the Bondi terror attack, she risked having the politics blow up in her face.
By rejecting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “practically unsalvageable” hate speech and gun control response, Ley has stirred new leadership rumblings and undermined her own calls for swift action.
After a month of vitriolic politics, a two-day sitting period intended for unity now looks set to devolve into squabbling.
“[Parliament] is still coming back too late. Too late to address the crisis of antisemitism,” Ley declared just a week ago.
