"Mourners crowded around a sea of flowers behind the Bondi Pavilion on Tuesday, quietly singing a traditional song of peace. Shalom, shalom, they whispered in unison, grief settling in like the grey clouds above. The emotional intensity of the moment was suddenly broken by shouts: Albo must go, and then a rejoinder, What did you do? You're in the parliament too. The singing stopped."
"Confused, I looked over. There, standing at the front of the crowd, surrounded by besuited security personnel and journalists, were two of the most egregious opportunists ever to be elected to the Australian parliament Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce. Amid the press of modestly dressed people, their faces contorted by sadness, the duo stood out, dressed to perform for the cameras."
"Hanson, who has done more than any other politician to foster division since she was first elected in 1996, was talking about freedom and safety and the right to live without fear. Hanson said she wanted hate preachers rounded up. And reiterated the rallying call of her career, Let's get back the Australia I grew up in I look at the people we are bringing to the country. Certain countries they should not be allowed to migrate here."
Mourners crowded around flowers at Bondi Pavilion, quietly singing a traditional song of peace as grief settled. The moment was broken by shouts demanding political resignations, and the singing stopped. Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce appeared at the front of the crowd with security and journalists, speaking about freedom, safety and the right to live without fear. Hanson called for hate preachers to be rounded up and invoked returning to a past vision of Australia while urging restrictions on migrants from certain countries. Some attendees welcomed her words; others, including a Sikh volunteer and mourners, rejected extremes and expressed concern about exclusion.
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