A meowing Australian senator touched off a political row in Canberra yesterday after his cat imitation directed at Finance Minister Penny Wong (in pic) sparked accusations that the opposition behaved like sexists and goons, and were feral.
A meowing Australian senator touched off a political row in Canberra yesterday after his cat imitation directed at Finance Minister Penny Wong (in pic) sparked accusations that the opposition behaved like sexists and goons, and were feral.
Liberal Tasmanian Senator David Bushby meowed at Wong at a hearing when Wongu00a0-- Australia's first Malaysian-born and first openly gay cabinet memberu00a0-- fought constant interruptions. A visibly livid Wong snapped, "Oh yes, why don't you meow when a woman does that? ... The blokes are allowed to yell, but if a woman stands her ground, you want to make that kind of comment. It's sort of schoolyard politics, mate."
Bushby initially refused to withdraw but issued an apology on Twitter after a barrage of attacks in Parliament during question time and comments by Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan that the opposition was sexist and behaved ferally.
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