Really interesting episode this morning with Tony Barry and George Megalogenis talking about the history of political violence in Australia and the responses to it. While I don't agree with everything said, a lot made sense
I deliberately haven't posted here about what happened on Monday, partly because my first response was the wrong one. I did what a lot of others would have and tried to figure out what political tribe Nugent was from. That was a stupid impulsive thing to do
From there I watched it play out, seeing plenty of opinions shared. Good, bad and in-between
Where I've landed is that I hope the political class can come together to figure out a way forward and that people who post about politics can do the same. We genuinely do need to turn down the temperature
Thoughts and best wishes with Helen Haines, her family, staff and colleagues as well as everyone else impacted by what's happened