To the Islamic Australia Federation

Andrew Robb characterised the fake pamphlet incident as "silliness" and "enthusiasm," and Jackie Kelly called it a Chaser-style prank over which she had a "good old chuckle." These responses, though glaringly inadequate, are not nearly as unsettling as the response of the Liberal party hierarchy, who have hastened to distance themselves and to "deal appropriately" with their rogue NSW members. We can't expect them to own the racism and hatred they have actively tolerated, but after 11 years of quiet exploitation of the latent paranoia of battlers, it seems unreasonable of them to turn on the underlings who were after all only trading on fear the Howard government has done nothing to discourage.