Australian Hindus are demanding an apology from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg for his “demeaning” references to the Indian religion during an attack on Labor.
“[Labor] are inspired by their spiritual leader, the member for Rankin [Jim Chalmers],” Mr Frydenberg said while making hand gestures used during meditation.
SenatorWong Such blatant hypocrisy from Frydenberg.
SenatorWong He is just a Wanker getting another race of people just to change the subject and take the pressure off of his government’s Fuckups.
SenatorWong I bet josh would be upset if they made fun of Judaism.
SenatorWong Talk about out of the Frydenberg pan and in to the fire what has he got against Hindu
SenatorWong How arrogant ... this man a senator if you can call him that to mock a belief system centuries old
SenatorWong THIS GUY can,t lie strait in bed,never give a straight answer.
Not particularly Hindu. Might offend those who like incest or beads. If he told Indians to stop raping women on the basis of caste, that might be different.
Not particularly Hindu, might be offensive to those who enjoy incense or beads.
SenatorWong Frydenberg is generally offensive
Channel 9 are on the case. Joshy will probably start taking notice now that it's being pointed out to the mums and dads what a bigot he is. Expect a begrudging 'apology' later today, full of denials and holocaust references. auspol
SenatorWong And it's not only the Hindus demanding an apology. The public is disgusted with Fraudenberg's lack of sensitivity. This from a member of the party that is pushing religious freedom, and a Jewish man who attacks antisemitism. Hypocrite, but typical of the LNP elite.
SenatorWong Mockery of a culture JoshFrydenberg really? Thats what our nations leaders do during work hours?
SenatorWong Josh's comedy act denigrating Hindus and their culture with LNP all laughing ....not Kosher.....👎👎
SenatorWong Whatever it takes for a lowlife to try hold his position
SenatorWong Nazis spewing Nazi rhetoric.
I've never liked Frydenberg. He doesn't give straight answers and he's always had those slimey vibes. I'm glad to see my gut was not wrong. He probably didn't even take a moment to think how his so-called jokes might be perceived.
GrogsGamut So, MathiasCormann has your fraudulent apologist slithered back under his “joke’s on you’ rock yet?
davrosz None of this makes any difference, as long as the public are distracted from what this mob are really up to.
BelindaJones68 Worst government in Australia ever
Unbelievably tacky and disgusting performance. Will not sit well with many.
Go Hindu people go!
Add at least two others to the list of LNPers growing ranks of those who find ethno / religious 'jokes' are an acceptable way of attempting to deride an opponent. Lil Mac looks snarlingly amused.
Is this what our parliament has succumbed to? We must be the laughing stock of politics around the world!
GrogsGamut If India cancelled a few coal contracts it wouldn’t be so funny
Wierd he did that.
Lmfao
KKsMedusa Grub
Liberal Government's proposed Religious Freedom law. 'We are free to make fun of any religion not practiced by a member of our government but you are not free to make fun of any religion that is practiced by a member of our government.' That ought to do it.
FakeNews
Reporters stirring stereotypes again. Nothing is mentioned of the word 'Hindu'. beads, incence etc (as below) are not limited to Hinduism. He could have been referring to a couple of hippies from GOA, GTFOH SBS 3AW693 heraldsun
maheshramanan I am very offended that he represents Australia in any capacity
Yes, let's do some feigned outrage, we might be able to get some money out of them.
Here’s a hint Josh and Dave - racism is NEVER funny.
And of course it would.
If you've been offended that's your problem not his. Deal with it.
Ahh the perpetually offended brigade speaks
I bet he wouldn't like it if the Jewish community was made a joke of.
His constituents are generally and preferably not mindful, that’s why he’s intolerant of those who are.
And every moron who laughed should apologise.
Any chance that JF & his fellow front benchers have offended Adani enough to want to back out of their coal project?
The LNP is straight out offensive... they can't help it... it's ingrained into their every fibre... it just oozes out of them!
Typical racism seen across this continent. hangyourheaddownunder
Try an experiment - do it at your office and report how quickly you were fired.
We Hindus are not offended with these narrow minded people who think Hinduism is just yoga and insence stick. It’s a way of living. We feel pity on him and his colleague who were howling in the chamber. May there be peace🙏🏼
I like the yoga positions mentioned! 😂
Madi__au Just what Australia needs 12 year old entitled males running the country.
You’d think by now politicians would know not to make fun of people’s religious beliefs . It is scary that these people are the ones making our laws ......
Hope these Hindus also offended by what their people doimg in their so called biggest democracy in the world DehliRiots2020 deh DelhiRiotTruth
Agree, offensive, absolutely no excuse!
RICH coming from a ZIONIST pretender!!
I suspect that the dreadful liberals have the same views as the Treasurer, cause they were laughing .
Josie is a joke !!!
Embarrassing.
auspol ...and this just goes to prove the low-bar we have set for the people who lead this country. Once the lucky country, we are now the ‘more fortunate country’, run by dumb ScottyfromMarketing & dumber JoshFrydenberg. Wake up Australia. These pollies only seek re-election
LNP bashing Haters are gonna hate.
People get offended too easily. I hate Josh but this was hardly offensive.
All those laughing and encouraging him on behind him are just as guilty.
That is revolting specially when it comes from someone who has protrait himself as a victim for being Jew prosecuted descendant. The worst act of hypocrisy and what is worst, his leader laughed along his side. I am embarrassed by the type of leaders we have.
So they should get an apology. What frydenberg did was disgraceful and in totally bad taste. What does this say about Australia when he is the treasurer. I am am totally ashamed
Hindus, just gonna have to put their big boy pants on and suck it up.. its not like their legs are gonna fall off is it?.. FFS, tell them to have a cry, get over it and wait for the next one.. lol
Just despicable
😂😂😂😂😂😂
He “was thinking yesterday” - just about sums it up
Utter race baiting by the SBS. Disgusting journalism
duh 🙄 it’s more like primary school in parlament, shame we let them run the country.........into the ground
This was disgusting childish inflammatory behaviour from one of our MPs. Good news is that our lovely Indian community has an active grapevine and a long memory.
Can we also discuss how utterly childish and embarassing this is from a minister of government?
As a Jew he should be careful as this cause a Jew hating backlash on to him. Then again don't expect to much from him as he is a position.
bullshit FakeNews
BelindaJones68 I am not a Hindu, but I found Joshies comments quite offensive. I find his illegitimacy to be in parliament offensive. I find his complete lack of understanding of how the economy works while being federal treasurer offensive. I find Josh and his corrupt government offensive.
And yoga practitioners 🧘♂️. If he was more flexible perhaps we’d all be better off 😉!
Joshua also linked some dodgy association that has former MP Kevin Andrews as member of
Stop inciting fake racism towards Hindus SBS. They were not mentioned anywhere in his speech.
The demeaning of a group of people through negative stereotyping for political gain is a tactic of a totalitarian regime. Shame on you JoshFrydenberg , you should know better auspoI
So Frydenberg was using stereotypes of Hindus & Sharma thinks it a joke at Labor’s expense. Imagine the indignation (rightfully) if the joking was about synagogues, being tight with money, hook noses & yarmulkes. As history shows stereotyping enables worse discrimination auspol
Nothing offending about it imo. Childish remarks. I feel sorry for him. Must feel a bit uncomfortable finding one's immaturity displayed like that on the national and world stage.
Yeah. Sensitivity of a Jew.
Demand an apology...sue him disgusting behaviour and from a Jew he should be more aware
Disgusting behavior. Sincere apologies are due to the Australian Hindu community.
But God forbid anybody take a pot shot at the Jews!
Not cleverly witty or funny as I suspect he thought it was. It was on the contrary, incredibly stupid. An apology is in order.
Disgusting behaviour. JoshFrydenberg ScottMorrisonMP auspol discrimination offensive childish unprofessional resignnow
It's just embarrassing
Joshua slur on Hindus' auspol
auspol How sad no boundaries for some Welcome to the true COALition (IPA LNP) Laughed so hard at the backhanded slur towards SwannyQLD especially from this guy with his record and the excuse of an AG just at the side laughing... must of forgotten what he did to WA economy 🙀
overseas_bjp can we not highlight this issue and ask for an public apology from JoshFrydenberg and ScottMorrisonMP Attn: narendramodi AmitShahOffice BJP4India
'Peter principle' on display. The whole cabinet pretty much.
SallyLawry And rightly so. He's a hypocrite.
Joshua, The Hindu deity Kali Durga will square up!
The Adani group employs numerous Hindus! They wont feel very welcome here when hundreds of them come into operate the Carmichael Mine on 457 visas! Joshua should apologize!
LNP muppet show sadly now mocks religious groups JoshFrydenberg auspol Disgusting
Is this the best we can expect from Politicians. Josh would take offence if his beliefs were knocked
margo694 Frydenberg is immature.
I'm not a practicing Hindu and Josh Frydenburg offended me. Offends me, pretty much anytime I hear or see him. Nothing to do with his religion, entirely down to his politics.
He was hugely disrespectful, all just for political point scoring & to amuse his lnp colleagues- how low has political discourse sunk in this country that the governing party thinks this is acceptable and sniggers along
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Just another LNP shonk loving rorting public money & offending people 'they' dont rate...its really amazing there is no authority to step in & get it back on track or get them out before they ruin the joint for decades if not ever..oh wait there was one wasn't there 🤔
metammp But if someone were to compare the LNP to practising bigots, there'd be Hell to pay.
I can bet who'll have the last laugh!
Damo__73_ JoshFrydenberg is a scum and should read that when the entire world kicked out jews , only HINDUS AND INDIA gave them shelter and a safe place to stay.
Mc whats his name chortling in the background should apologise as well.
The LNP are a crowd of disgusting thugs and criminals . Given the level of corruption in their election win, surely there is a strong case to void their ‘election win’ !
I suspect “a few” rather than many. Your horrendous bias again on display for all to see. I expect value for my tax. Do better
Racism will be whatever I deem it to be. Joshi.
I have to ask, “is this the Religious Discrimination Bill in practice?” auspol
And 2 million+ yoga practitioners around Australia including this one. That’s why I created this petition demanding an apology at worse, a resignation at best
Disgraceful display of an ignoramus...
Oh blimey
FAKE NEWS--just like i would expect from an arm of the ABC
Whoever scripted the Chalmers attack using the religious metaphor for Frydenberg should be shown the door! And time for JoshFrydenberg to apologise in parliament. ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP DavidColemanMP auspol
JoshFrydenberg careful where you are getting into. And Vasan Srinivasan doesn't represent the hindu community to publish a statement that you don't need to apologise.
SBS... feeding outrage to the masses.
Something has got to stop this moron, hubris will destroy him. The Australian Parliament QT is a joke, why don't they ask normal questions pertaining to their electorates instead of these ridiculous' Dorothy Dixers'.
These are the clowns in government good luck Australia
His Hungarian mother would have been offended . Get this dangerous lot out.
They do not deserve an apology. Just ridiculous!
So typical isn't it? Ignorant as Paddy's pigs.
DrDayaSharma Josh was publicly pointing out recently how much his own faith has been maligned Surely then, he should have considered that the tone of this unnecessary mockery was totally inappropriate for the Australian parliament.
Fryberg is a blatant fascist
He obviously doesn’t know what Karma is.
They would perhaps be better off in a country where they are not made fun of. It's for the best.
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Josh: I think little boys should have part of their penis cut off for my religious beliefs and I will make laws to ensure that no one mocks it! Also josh: haha look at that guy doing exercise, what a weird religion!
ValerieLynneCl2 Is this man the treasurer of our country..not only disrespectful...such immaturity from a grown man ..alone a treasurer...
Hindus are funny.. Jews are not.
Sucked in Frydenberg.
This is the same mob that want to bring in a religious anti-discrimination bill, right?
Paying attention Sharma you sell out.
When was his promotion from treasurer to court jester?
Simple test is to replace the Hindu references with Jewish ones and see if JoshFrydenberg finds that acceptable or not
Of course it did. That’s because JoshFrydenberg mocked Hindus in a bigoted and racist manner. He hasn’t even apologised, so he obviously thinks it’s all a laugh. auspol
God he’s attractive
MathiasCormann DaveSharma JoshFrydenberg HinduCouncilAu
He’s a disgrace
this is not governing the nation ,this is a criminal this is cronyism this is corruption
It’s offended many Jewish people - it’s offended decent people across Australia! He’s been offensive, lying, gloating about his incompetence, & destroying Australia with every breath! What a kunt!
Fraudenberg
Plus the LNP goons laughing along with him. I want them named and shamed in their electorates. We’re just a big racist country. A disgraceful day in Aust history auspoI
For someone who constantly strikes about the Holocaust surely he should be against the bias against other religions..but then again, that would require more than one brain cell
MSMWatchdog2013 If IQ could run lighting with this lot pictured we would forever be sitting in the dark.
Mr Frydenburg has only his poor upbringing and ignorance to blame for this! Despicable
JoshFrydenberg The boy who cried anti-Semitic? sequel thewolfatehim
RightsLGBTI JoshFrydenberg made racist comments about a religion that he wouldn’t tolerate being made about his own. Utterly appalling yet no hint of remorse
Undignified behaviour by someone paid to behave as a statesman
People that live in glass houses should at their peril refrain from throwing stones Frydenberg.
Didn’t offend me!
Serves him right. What a jackass fraudenberg is. His own jaw all glass and he can whip out the victim card quicker than you can say 'knife'.
And Australians
Under the proposed racial discrimination Act he is well and truely, allowed to say this, and more. Behaviour like this, and worse, is exactly what it protects. 🤦
If he bothers, make sure it's public.
Frydenberg has forgotten the Keating Hawke years, was he still living in His country of birth then?
See this JoshFrydenberg ? Do you get it yet?
A bloody disgrace. Showing his true colours and his mates think its hilarious. A total embarrassment 🤨
Lol. Hope he goes to India soon.
He's not the only one. Speaker TonySmithMP who allowed this language is also to blame. It was a breach of standing orders, as well as offensive. HinduCouncilAu AusHumanRights and DivCouncilAus should lodge a formal complaint Aust_Parliament auspol
These guys cannot get any lower.
The LNP has a knack for pissing people off
MSMWatchdog2013 There all special kind of dickheads this lot aren't they.
Trust him to be in charge of the money.
Joshua would be ok if we all started calling him a stupid Yid then? Oops no didn't think so. His days of calling out anti-semitism are over as this will just be played back to him now.
Classy.
Scott Morrison declares open season on Aussies of Indian heritage. Why didn’t Scomo stand up and put a stop to the outrage by Joshie. Scomo was doubled over in laughter. Even Donald Trump showed respect to Indian PM. Scott Morrison is not fit to be PM.
Pos
mick_minion what an oaf
It's offended me and I'm not even Hindu. What a racist turd.
I am not a Hindu and O found it insulting and belittling. Josh should apologise.
Not even close to amusing
And people of no religion too....
Yep. Hang the bastard.
Scott Morrison declares open season on Aussies of Indian heritage. Why didn’t Scomo stand up and put a stop to the outrage by Joshie. Is Scomo scared of Frydenberg? Scomo would not stand up to defend a woman or any other Australian. True colours. Freydenberg
And many non- Hindus are just as disgusted by this puerile act. How quick he'd be to react to someone mocking the Jewish faith. Can't think of anyone but Chalmers right now, who's actually mature, qualified and concerned enough to care for the country's wellbeing.
He is such a freaking hypocrite
Basic decorum in parliaments is long overdue. These rants replace information and reasoned debate. The chairperson (Speaker) has the brief to ensure order and these incidents come under disorder.
You can always trust the religious ones like JoshFrydenberg or ScottMorrisonMP to be the most intolerant
andreamaryb Lets not forget how quick Josh was to complain when Paul Bongiorno compared Cormann to Goebbels, but when it suits him is happy to use racist comments to make a point.
He's offended more than Hindu's.
They aren't the only people offended. auspol HolocaustMuseum
nchuah I wonder how Josh feels when his religion is mocked. Hurt? Angry? Apologise now Josh
Scot Morrison loved it. Hindus like 2 b associated with this party.
SBS mock Christianity on a regular basis but defend anything else.
Judt imagine if Labor Moked his Jewish religion
Juvenile, self-serving & clueless politician takes a cheap shot by at humour by denigrating some non-Judeo-Christian faith practices. Is he for real? What an over-entitled stooge rabble we have in COALition seats in parliament.
Just some lighthearted casual racism from JoshFrydenberg You should be better, Josh.
Oh so not only does the LNP mock Hinduism it decides to gaslight followers in their 'apology' 'I don’t think anyone with a sense of humour would find that at all offensive'
FGS what place does religion or religion heckling have in our secular society? Probably the very reason why we should be a republic
How’s that religious discrimination bill coming along JoshFrydenberg auspol
This speaks volumes for the ethic and integrity of this government.
Lol idiot...
I’m offended at peoples oversensitivity to be offended.
When we get over this tea cup storm, perhaps we might think about Wellbeing Budgets? And That's what Frydenberg is really sneering at.
JoshFrydenberg that’s quite pathetic. Not comedy, not wit, not sarcasm. Your comments were just damn pathetic. Signed this proud Indian
Oops. Wasn't funny to begin with. Such a bad attempt at appearing spontaneous. Even the audience behind him were digging deep despite the cue cards auspol
Not only Hindus offended. This was beyond the pale.
It's offended many people of all beliefs. It's disgraceful. He would be sacked from any respectable corporation for such a racist rant.
JokeFrydenberg looks like a bee's got stuck in his privates, and will you look at the gormless expression on MickyMcCormack 's vacuous dial there's no end to this mob's miscreant malfeasance.
And rightly so. Imagine his reaction if we replaced Hindus with Jews. He would be screaming like a 13 year old at a Bieber concert.
Offended and acting like school boys. It's not on
Is he doing it because hes foolish, or trying to make the case for the friendless Religious Descrimination Bill ?
And ScottMorrisonMP sat there laughing. That’s a clear indication of what he really wants for his “religious discrimination bill.” Sad c*nts.
Who would have thought someone would take offense at mocking their religious beliefs? Or is only RW Christians and Jews who have that prerogative?
How about an apology from all those cackling clowns on the benches behind joking Josh
The only people he offended were there permanently offended
Shows the character of him, and it's not good. This idiot needs to act his age and not his shoe size.
If he had any delusional leadership aspirations they evaporated before he knew it.
It's offended many Jews as well
SBS puts this up but not 100 million dollar sportsrorts the LNP has been dodging in every parliament ? yes... the LNP are full of disrespectful nit-wits .... we knew this already.
Especially after putting on a song and dance about how Australian children absolutely MUST learn about the Holocaust because of religious vilification of Jews. This guy is a pig.
It offended anyone with morals. That a politician would, one day after making a grand statement about stamping out antisemitism, indulge such hateful bigotry, shows that JoshFrydenberg doesn’t care about racism - including antisemitism. It’s all just a tool for him.
Believe me. These comments by JoshFrydenberg have offended more than Hindus.
Um, is he on the team that does or does not support Scumo ‘s ReligiousDiscriminationBill ? Or maybe Frydenberg belongs to a religion that believes in taking the piss out of other religions. How good exactly is religious discrimination LNPCrimeFamily ? 🤔🙄 I’m so confused
JoshFrydenberg is a racist
JoshFrydenberg is an embarrassment.
My hands are up in a gesture of helplessness. Who ARE these idiots who pretend to run our country? 'A tale told by fools...…...signifying nothing.' Such ignorance from someone that has learned NOTHING from his own ethnic history. racism Hinduism multiculturalism
No just our Hindu brothers and sisters. AuspolSoCorrupt
Baboons
Imagine someone in parliament got up and mocked the Jews?
Fancy that
Josh contemplates his navel and counts beans!
Reminds me of one of those baboons that got loose the other night.
It also shows his offence about Jewish caricatures is feigned.
Seems like a weird thing to do when you're trying to sell a religious discrimination bill
'has offended many Hindus'!?! He offended many Australians too!
What exactly is the point?
'attempt to make fun of' Weird way of saying 'making racist comments'
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