‘Out of depth': Clover Moore slammed for support of Harbour Bridge pro-Palestine protest
'It seems the Lord Mayor of Sydney has suffered another public hallucination – she's seemingly forgotten her core duties of roads, rates, and rubbish,' Ms De Giorgio said.
'Gee, what a gift of propaganda to Hamas.
'How out of her depth is this woman?'
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