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“What should be a major tourism attraction for Sydney is being hijacked by left-wing extremists who are using their positions to import foreign conflicts to our city,” he said.
I was like this dude sounds like a jaded 60 year old who spends too much time on twitter
https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=2267
Bro is like 22 what the hell
What should be a major tourism attraction for Sydney is being hijacked by left-wing extremists who are using their positions to import foreign conflicts to our city.
I had to re-read the whole backstory to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding what Rath meant by this. I'm still not sure. Are Choo and Nguyen the left-wing extremists? Is it their advocacy for the transgender community that is being described as an imported foreign conflict?
The ABC article might give some clues to what he's on about: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/liberal-calls-for-mardi-gras-funding-review-afterparty-cancelled/106309430
One of the motions called for a boycott of organisations materially funding US President Donald Trump in response to the roll-back of transgender rights in the United States.
They have since spearheaded campaigns to ban NSW Police from marching in the parade, pushed to prohibit corporate sponsors and floats, and for Mardi Gras to adopt explicitly political stances regarding trans rights and Palestinian liberation, among others.
Oh cool, thank you. This is much less cryptic.