Enter NT pollie "Deputy Chief Minister" (sounds impressive) Dave Tollner, who saw fit to bring the sexuality of the son of one of his political opponents into the political debate. Um, well that's putting it very mildly.
What actually happened was that Tollner lost it and went bananas, which of course in the macho hetro world would include a thick dose of anti-gay homophobic insults. Normally these insults are limited to "Ya fuckin poofta" or such like, but in this case entered the full on homophobic world of comments such as "pillow biter" and "shirt lifter", well and truly said in a fit of homophobic rage.
May I present to you, crazy Australian Northern Territory politics :s
DEPUTY Chief Minister Dave Tollner has called the gay son of fellow CLP politician Gary Higgins a “pillow biter”.
The homophobic rant has angered several colleagues and sparked another episode of Country Liberals turmoil.
Mr Higgins told the parliamentary wing this week he would boycott all party meetings while Mr Tollner remained in a leadership position.
Multiple and senior Government sources confirmed the story to the NT News yesterday, raising concerns about Mr Tollner’s behaviour.
He is understood to have called Joshua Higgins – a staffer for Community Services Minister Bess Price – a “pillow biter” and “shirt lifter” directly to his face in a stunning outburst over the content of a draft speech that was shown to cabinet.
When cabinet reconvened, Health Minister Robyn Lambley asked cabinet secretary Gary Barnes to leave the room before launching a broadside at Mr Tollner and demanding he apologise to Joshua Higgins, which he subsequently did. more
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