According to the Age newspaper, these union teachers took pro-Palestinian badges and flags to give to their kids and they also encouraged the kids to march to attend an organised protest. Senator LAMBIE (Tasmania) (19:54): Last week my office was called by a Melbourne...
7 October was not the start of antisemitism in Australia. For as long as there have been Jewish Australians, there has been an undercurrent of antisemitism in this country. In recent years, that undercurrent has grown significantly. Dr RYAN (Kooyong) (16:14): None of...
The electorate of Wentworth has the country’s highest proportion of Jewish Australians, and my community is scared. The horrific attacks by Hamas on 7 October have not only created a war in Israel and Gaza; they’re causing an unprecedented rise in...
We know that, as the Israel-Hamas war continues, instances of antisemitism, along with Islamophobia, are rising in Australia. There has been verbal abuse on streets, alleged assaults and death threats, leaving communities distressed and fearful. Children are...
I also note that the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas has caused incredible angst amongst many in our Jewish and Muslim communities. Symbols of hate have been used to intimidate and harass. We must call this behaviour out. We must, in this place—as...