Labor senator Richard Dowling sacks Rhys Muldoon after resurfaced racist and abusive tweets
Topic: generalRegion: asia pacificUpdated: i2 outletsSources: 5⚠ Bias gap — sources divergeSpectrum: Mostly Center⏱ 1 min read⚠ 48h+ old
Story Summary
SITUATION
Labor senator Richard Dowling sacked former Play School star Rhys Muldoon after old tweets resurfaced in which Muldoon used the N-word and likened senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to a Nazi collaborator. Dowling called the posts abhorrent and unacceptable and dismissed Muldoon from his political staff role this week.
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KEY FACTS
- Around three years ago Muldoon tweeted that senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was a “Quisling.”
- Muldoon also tweeted that Peta Credlin was thought of by Liberals as wearing “a strap on, pounding away at their sorry a----.”
- Politico reported in July that Muldoon had taken a “surprise new gig” advising first-term Tasmanian Labor senator Richard Dowling.
- The resurfaced comments were first revealed by news.com.au, and Dowling described the posts as "abhorrent and unacceptable."
- Muldoon is a former Play School star and actor who had been a political staffer for only a few months.
- Ex-Play School star is sacked as a Labor staffer after 'strap-on' comments about Peta Credlin were unearthed - Daily Mail
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Labor staffer and former Play School host sacked for ‘abhorrent’ posts attacking Peta Credlin - The Guardian
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Labor staffer and former Play School host sacked for ‘abhorrent’ posts attacking Peta Credlin - The Guardian Labor staffer and former Play School host sacked for ‘abhorrent’ posts …
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Sources
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Labor staffer and former Play School host sacked for ‘abhorrent’ posts attacking Peta Credlin
theguardian.comSep 15Left
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Sacking of Play School star over tweets 'appropriate'
au.news.yahoo.comSep 15Left
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Labor senator Richard Dowling sacks Rhys Muldoon after resurfaced racist and abusive tweets
smh.com.auSep 15Center
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Labor sacks former Play School presenter Rhys Muldoon over use of the N-word in a 2014 tweet
dailymail.comSep 14Center
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Ex-Play School star is sacked as a Labor staffer after 'strap-on' comments about Peta Credlin were unearthed
dailymail.comSep 14Center
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