It has been a week where a number of world ‘leaders’ have exceeded even the lowest of expectations. Clearly the lion in this fight is Donald Trump as Jesus, but there are some other really notable, local contenders.

Liberal leader Angus Taylor put in a strong bid when he launched the party’s ‘Australian Values Migration Plan’. Channelling his inner Tony Abbott, Taylor said: “Those who migrate from liberal democracies have a greater likelihood of subscribing to Australian values compared to those migrating from places ruled by fundamentalists, extremists, and dictators. In that vein, the Gazan cohort of 1,700 people here on visas presents a high risk to our nation.”

It is worth reading the whole speech, but he added that: “Past governments blindly repeated mantras about Australia being the world’s most successful multicultural society – and diversity being our strength. Such doctrines saw us open our borders to........

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