Questioned whether the decision to end funding for AMENCA was made at a departmental or ministerial level. Somebody makes a decision to discontinue it. That’s not a decision made at a departmental level, I’m assuming. It’s a decision of government,...
Questioned how unallocated aid funding to Palestine will be used; asked about representations to UNRWA over anti-Semitic materials in textbooks; questioned whether Australia will make representations to the ICC about its investigation of Israel and Palestine; and...
Questioned whether the Australian government had commented on allegations of vaccine stockpiling by the Palestinian Authority and whether this is tied to bigger issues of corruption. There’s been some criticism of the Palestinian Authority’s recent...
Questioned the overall reduction of aid to Palestine in light of funding cuts to UNRWA and AMENCA and asked about the final reports of reviews into Palestinian aid and investment. The 2020 budget saw very significant reductions to the aid budget for Palestine,...
Questioned the ABC’s progress on adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. Final question: how are we going with adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism for ABC purposes? Whole interaction with Mr David Anderson...
