A landscaper who gave Malcolm Turnbull the middle finger in a pub and sparked an online fundraising drive has been charged with attempted murder.
Nick Gordon, 26, was arrested on Sunday at a house at Brisbane’s south side after reports of a disturbance.
He was charged with attempted murder and contravening a domestic violence order – only a fortnight after he was kicked out of Brisbane’s Cardindale Hotel after he gave the Prime Minister the finger during a politics in the pub event.
A landscaper who did accused Malcolm Turnbull of pushing in at a pub and sparked an online fundraising drive has been charged with attempted murder
That incident inspired former Labor senator Sam Dastyari to set up a Go Fund Me page which raised $1,079 to pay his $756 fine for public nuisance.
Gordon, who accused Turnbull of pushing in at the pub, had earned praise from Sunrise host David Koch, only for those plaudits to be withdrawn the next day when footage emerged appearing to show the Prime Minister didn’t push in.
On Sunday, police charged him with attempted murder following an incident at a Carina Heights house, in Brisbane’s south.
Queensland Police alleged that shortly after midnight on Sunday, they were called to a house on Chataway Street following reports of a disturbance.
On arrival, police found a woman in her 30s with significant facial injuries and cuts to her hands.
Gordon, who police allege was known to the woman, was arrested at a nearby address in the same suburb of Carina Heights.
The man, known to his mates as ‘Bluey’, is expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today.

He was charged with attempted murder and contravening a domestic violence order – only a fortnight after he was kicked out of Brisbane’s Cardindale Hotel after giving the middle finger to the prime minister

Nick Gordon accused Malcolm Turnbull of pushing in at Brisbane’s Carindale Hotel last month

That incident inspired former Labor senator Sam Dastyari to set up a Go Fund Me page which raised $1,079 to pay his $756 fine for public nuisance