The Coalition has furiously attacked Labor for a flurry of memes lampooning Peter Dutton’s grand nuclear vision for Australia.
But the Coalition is no stranger to using online memes in similar attempts at humour in political attacks.
After the nuclear plan was revealed on Thursday, state and federal Labor members flooded the internet with comparisons of it with The Simpsons and even Snow White, eliciting a strong response from the Opposition.
Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash claimed on Friday that the “juvenile attacks on the Coalition’s nuclear energy policy could undermine confidence in Australia’s AUKUS nuclear submarine program”.
“Labor has fully supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine program and [Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese should come and confirm to navy personnel that nuclear submarines will be safe for them to operate,” she said.
“As Western Australia will host the submarine program, including storage of waste, Mr Albanese should assure all Western Australians nuclear technology is safe.”
Cash took particular aim at Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh for this post on Instagram.
But when asked on Friday if Labor premiers and federal MPs sharing memes of three-eyed fishes from The Simpsons in response to Dutton’s nuclear announcement was juvenile, Albanese told ABC TV host Michael Rowland to “lighten up”.
“Lighten up, for goodness sake. We aren’t going to take lectures from a mob who said an advisory committee for Indigenous Australians on matters that affected them would lead to everyone losing their house and private property,” Albanese said.
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