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Posted By richards on March 19, 2015

Mark Dreyfus Objects To Premier's Holocaust Reference By JTA

Published March 19, 2015.

A Jewish lawmaker was thrown out of Australias Parliament after protesting Prime Minister Tony Abbotts description of the opposition leader as the Dr. Goebbels of economic policy. Joseph Goebbels was the propaganda minister for Nazi Germany.

Opposition Labor Party lawmaker Mark Dreyfus, one of three Jewish lawmakers in Parliament, jumped up to protest Abbotts choice of comparisons, eventually being thrown out of the House of Representatives chamber. Jewish Labor lawmaker Michael Danby left with him in solidarity.

There are no Nazis here and we shouldnt be making comparisons with the paradigm of the ultimate evil in politics to heighten political differences, Danby told The Associated Press. Its beneath him, and it goes to the question of his judgment. I think a lot of his backbench will be groaning and tearing their hair out.

Abbot withdrew the comment and apologized for making the comparison.

The comment comes more than a month after Abbott was forced to issue an apology for describing a cut in defense jobs as a holocaust of jobs.

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Aussie Lawmaker Tossed Over 'Goebbels' Flap

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