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. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/jun/wong.jpg" border="5" /> 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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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.

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