Towke was an unexploded bomb, primed since the savage Liberal preselection contest of 2007 and lit by the speech of Concetta Fierravanti-Wells in the Senate last week.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday rejected claims he launched his political career by vilifying a rival over his Lebanese heritage and stoking
Alan Jones, one of Australia's most powerful and controversial conservative commentators, announced his departure from Sky News Thursday after years at the heart of political debate Down Under.
Mahmoud Sanoussi was just 15 when he and at least 13 other Lebanese-Australian youths committed a series of pack rapes in south-western Sydney in 2000.