Questioned the rationale for ABC broadcast of interviews with Dr Stephen Sizer and Dr Scott Burchill. Did Mr Rutledge, for example, challenge Dr Sizer when he said that Israel is not a democracy for Palestinians living in Israel? I note that, as a result of this, an...
The political identification of Jerusalem is subject to final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Australia supports a two-state solution where both Israel and a future Palestinian state exists side by side in peace and security within...
Questioned Australia’s scrutiny of the Palestinian Authority’s budget and total foreign aid provided. Do we examine the Palestinian Authority’s budget, which is publicly available? I’m not asking whether we send the auditors in or anything like...
Questioned SBS coverage of an attack on an Israeli police officer. I make reference to the SBS World News report of 17 June 2017 about the fatal attack on an Israeli policewoman by Palestinian attackers. Is it agreed SBS found the report to have breached its own code...
Questioned reporting by ABC Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill and asked if the ABC has a commercial relationship with Al-Jazeera. What monitoring do we do of our reports out of the Middle East by Ms McNeill? Whole interaction with Mr Alan Sunderland (Director...