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View from The Hill: Sussan Ley wedged by her own troops on Albanese omnibus legislation

Anthony Albanese’s omnibus bill on hate speech and gun reform is once again exposing Sussan Ley’s lack of authority over her colleagues.

The Conversation

‘The inevitable has happened’: Bondi beach attack follows rise in antisemitic incidents

Australia recorded 1,654 anti-Jewish incidents in year to September – three times higher than any annual total before Gaza war

The Guardian - UK

Defiant pro-Palestine vigils call for urgent ceasefire

A pro-Palestine protest planned for the Sydney Opera House is headed to court while other vigils were staged on October 7 to mourn Gaza's war dead.

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Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’

ECAJ says Australian and Israeli governments should use ‘diplomacy rather than public posturing’

The Guardian - AU

Sydney Muslim cleric revels in being ‘deliberately provocative’ and must be restrained by law, court hears

Wissam Haddad ‘does mean to cause offence’ and should be ordered to stop maligning Jewish people, the federal court is told

The Guardian - AU

Sydney cleric used ‘dehumanising’ generalisations designed to intimidate Jewish people, federal court hears

Applicant’s case argues 2023 sermons were ‘calculated to denigrate all Jewish people’ but defence says speeches were intended for small, private audience

The Guardian - AU

Sydney cleric being sued for alleged antisemitism says case is an existential battle ‘between Islam and unbelievers’

Executive Council of Australian Jewry alleges Wissam Haddad breached section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act during lectures in which he quoted from the Qur’an

The Guardian - AU

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Australian universities’ new antisemitism definition has some academics worried. Here’s why

Warnings decision could have ‘chilling’ effect and limit scope of education on Middle East

The Guardian - AU

Acts of hate are on the rise in Australia – but naming them is proving fraught

Amid claims and counterclaims about the definition and prevalence of antisemitism and Islamophobia, experts say discussing them in the same frame can ‘generate allyship’

The Guardian - AU

Australian Jews grappling with dissolving unity and the rise in antisemitism a year on from 7 October

Twelve grim months on, many in the community are feeling targeted by hate and exhausted by conflict

The Guardian - AU

Australia has its first antisemitism special envoy, with an Islamophobia special envoy to follow. What will this mean?

The Albanese government has named Jewish lawyer and businesswoman Jillian Segal as the county’s first antisemitism special envoy. The appointment was made in response to rising incidents of violence against Jewish people against the backdrop of the Gaza war. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government would also soon appoint…

The Conversation

Criticism of Israel is ‘not always’ antisemitic, Australia’s attorney general says

Mark Dreyfus tells National Press Club he is proud to be Jewish but he has observed ‘a shocking rise in antisemitism in Australia’

The Guardian - AU

A fresh Jewish voice: the new Australian group opposing antisemitism – and Israel’s conduct

The Jewish Council of Australia hopes to offer an alternative view to the conservative organisations that claim to speak on behalf of a diverse community

The Guardian - AU

Julian Leeser accuses Australian Human Rights Commission of failing to address antisemitism

Commission chief says organisation has actively condemned antisemitism as well as Islamophobia linked to Israel-Gaza war

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Staff threaten to strike over termination of ABC host

Threat of walkout comes as national broadcaster files its response to wrongful dismissal claim brought by presenter

The Guardian - AU

Antoinette Lattouf files unlawful termination claim over losing ABC radio role after Israel-Gaza social media posts

Journalist’s submission seeks a declaration the ABC breached the Fair Work Act, compensation and a penalty for the broadcaster

The Guardian - AU

Labor MP Josh Burns says Australia’s UN Gaza ceasefire vote not relevant to ‘people on the ground’

Speaking from Israel, MP plays down significance of UN resolution, saying violence won’t end ‘without Hamas being removed from power’

The Guardian - AU

Australian Zionist groups at odds over criticism of government’s language on Palestinian territories

Exclusive: Four affiliate organisations complain they were not consulted before Zionist Federation of Australia criticised the change in terminology

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