Here is a tale of two Labor leaders. On Friday night, Premier Chris Minns was at Sydney’s Central Synagogue, supporting a community stunned by a firebombing attack on one of its places of worship. Not in its backyard this time, but in Victoria.
“I understand that the Jewish community of Australia gathers tonight under a dark cloud,” Minns told the Shabbat service. “I am heartbroken at that fact.”
Premier Chris Minns outside the Emanuel Synagogue in Woollahra last month.Credit: Flavio Brancaleone
Minns was unequivocal in his description of what had taken place overnight at Melbourne’s Adass Israel synagogue. “A holy synagogue, set ablaze in what is an act of terrorism.”
Contrast this to Anthony Albanese. The prime minister did not label the attack as terrorism on Friday, as Minns did. Rather, he waited until Sunday, but not …