Christchurch changes the dynamics of the next Australian election irrevocably | Peter Lewis

The mosque attack demands a level of collective empathy that renders a divisive medevac fear campaign counterproductive

It was two nights before the massacre of 50 worshippers in a Christchurch mosque, and the focus group of swinging voters in suburban Brisbane that I was watching scratched its collective head.

Asked to identify which politicians were responsible for a series of incendiary public comments around recently passed medical evacuation (medevac) laws, they were sure they had been asked a trick question.

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