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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 202
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George Brandis
March 2, 2017, 12:00 am
Report ‘shows no reason to change 18C’
Jewish community leaders have welcomed this week’s findings by Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights report on the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA), which failed to reach a consensus on amending freedom-of-speech laws.
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Peter Kohn
November 10, 2016, 12:00 am
Caution urged over 18C inquiry
Communal leaders are cautiously welcoming a parliamentary inquiry into freedom of speech, but maintain sections 18C and 18D should remain untouched.
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Evan Zlatkis
October 13, 2016, 12:00 am
‘Urgent need’ to act on genocide advocacy
A Pakistani cleric sent home from an Australian speaking tour last week after a video emerged of him declaring, “It is the guarantee of world peace when the last Jew is slain” illustrates the “urgent need” for a new criminal offence of advocacy of genocide.
By
Evan Zlatkis
August 12, 2016, 12:01 am
New genocide advocacy law
Confirmation that a new federal criminal offence of advocacy of genocide will be “introduced early" was welcomed by ECAJ executive director Peter Wertheim.
By
Shane Desiatnik
August 11, 2016, 12:01 am
Latest bid to scrap 18C falters
Under threat during the Abbott government, Section 18C appears to have dodged another bullet, and its survival has been hailed by the Jewish community.
By
Peter Kohn
July 27, 2016, 3:04 pm
Legal legend mourned
Senior politicians, communal leaders and the legal fraternity have paid tribute to former Federal Court judge and barrister Alan Goldberg.
By
Joshua Levi
December 17, 2015, 12:00 am
Pyne, Brandis hail inspirational Israel
INNOVATION was high on the agenda when government minister Christopher Pyne met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem earlier this week.
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Gareth Narunsky
December 3, 2015, 12:00 am
Cementing Israel trade ties
THE federal government will look into the feasibility of a free trade deal between Australia and Israel, Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb’s office has confirmed to The AJN.
By
Gareth Narunsky
November 12, 2015, 12:00 am
New legislation on advocating genocide
THE federal government today (Thursday) introduced to Parliament a new criminal offence of advocating genocide, which could see offenders who publicly “counsel, promote, encourage or urge” genocide imprisoned for up to seven years.
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Evan Zlatkis
September 10, 2015, 12:00 am
Advocacy of genocide to be criminalised
ANTI-Discrimination Board of NSW president Stepan Kerkyasharian has joined communal leaders in welcoming the federal government’s plans to introduce a new crime of “advocacy of genocide”.
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Evan Zlatkis
August 8, 2014, 12:00 am
Government shelves 18C repeal
THE Abbott government has bowed to pressure from ethnic groups including the Australian Jewish community, scrapping its proposed wind-back of the Racial Discrimination Act on Tuesday.
By
adam kamien
June 27, 2014, 12:00 am
East Jerusalem stance clarified
COMMUNAL leaders this week said they have no issue with an apparent softening of the federal government’s stance on the status of East Jerusalem.
By
Gareth Narunsky
June 13, 2014, 12:00 am
Leaders laud East Jerusalem stance
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lauded the Australian government after Attorney-General George Brandis (pictured) clarified last week the Coalition does not refer to East Jerusalem as “occupied”.
By
Gareth Narunsky
May 30, 2014, 12:00 am
Brandis backing down on RDA
IT has been revealed that Attorney-General George Brandis (pictured) is considering reining in the sweeping changes the government had proposed to make to the Racial Discrimination Act.
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Gareth Narunsky
May 16, 2014, 12:00 am
Denier Toben backs Brandis over RDA
HOLOCAUST denier Fredrick Toben has claimed in his submission to the federal government’s race law review that Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act was “designed by Jewish interests” to “legally protect the Holocaust-Shoah narrative”.
By
Gareth Narunsky
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