Coalition MPs gave themselves licence to spout what I felt was the most appalling racist commentary. Then, with Israel and Hamas, the bellicose warmongering escalated on both sides of this House. I thought I couldn’t be shocked anymore—not so. The inhumanity,...
We can’t ignore the bigger context in which this is happening. It is worth noting, since the atrocities of 7 October in Israel and Israel’s incursions into Gaza, regrettably, there’s been an alarming uptick of antisemitism in this country. Many...
We are in the appalling situation in modern Australia in which Jewish families are being advised not to advertise their Jewish identity. In the wake of the Hamas atrocities, the Australian Jewish community was unable to gather at the Sydney Opera House when that had...
The Australian government failed to condemn Israel, even when, in the first six weeks, almost 15,000 people were killed—over 6,000 children—and these figures are expected to go up drastically if and when Palestinians will be allowed to reach their loved ones, who...
With less than 24 hours to go on this—and it isn’t a ceasefire; I want to be really clear about this. It has been called that in the media. It is a tactical pause or an operational pause. It is not a ceasefire. I support their calls, and my party members in the...
