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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 175
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Tim Wilson
May 5, 2022, 9:01 am
‘We need majority government’
"It's antisemitism that needs to be called out. That's one of the reasons I've always believed in free speech – because bigots out themselves."
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Peter Kohn
July 23, 2020, 12:00 am
‘Burn in an oven’: Student threatened with a knife
The case is the third set of antisemitic bullying allegations levelled against Brighton Secondary College in as many weeks.
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Rebecca Davis
July 2, 2020, 12:01 am
$5.2m to upgrade security
'This significant investment by the Morrison government will go a long way to supporting the safety and security of our local Jewish community'.
By
Peter Kohn
March 9, 2020, 12:18 pm
Calls for J-AIR upgrade
'The absence of a community broadcasting licence limits the capacity for J-AIR to support the Jewish community and provide awareness for the ongoing safety and security challenges'
By
Peter Kohn
October 5, 2018, 12:01 am
Leaders greet security funding
JEWISH community leaders have lauded Prime Minister Scott Morrison's confirmation, reported in last week's AJN, that Beth Weizmann Community Centre will finally get its much-needed federal government funding – as part of round two of the Safer Communities Fund scheme, under which Jewish institutions across Australia received a total of $4.1 million.
By
Peter Kohn
July 29, 2018, 12:01 am
Liberal friends rally for Israel
MORE than 300 supporters gathered at Central Shule in Caulfield, as Victorian Liberals, including federal Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, relaunched Victorian Liberal Friends of Israel.
By
Peter Kohn
May 31, 2018, 12:00 am
Security funding boost for Melbourne shules
Funding for security upgrades at Melbourne shules, Jewish schools and organisations will receive a boost of more than $350,000 from the federal government's Safer Communities Fund.
By
Peter Kohn
April 5, 2018, 12:01 am
MPs apologise for Evian
THE world "turned its back on God's chosen people", federal MP Stuart Robert said last week while moving a parliamentary motion apologising for Australia's "indifference" to the plight of European Jewry on the eve of the Holocaust.
By
Gareth Narunsky
February 26, 2018, 6:17 pm
The lowdown on Israel’s foes
HOLDING aloft Alex Ryvchin's new book, The Anti-Israel Agenda: Inside the Political War on the Jewish State, Colonel Richard Kemp, one of its contributors, referenced Benjamin Netanyahu's Munich speech in commending the collected essays to attendees at its Victorian launch.
By
Peter Kohn
May 25, 2017, 9:15 am
MP’s Israel motion draws flak
THE Coalition and ALP duelled in Federal Parliament this week in an effort to show which party can express greater support for Israel.
March 23, 2017, 12:00 am
Mixed reaction to 18C proposal
Jewish community opinion remains divided over Section 18C of the federal Racial Discrimination Act, after news that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is proposing landmark changes to the act.
By
Peter Kohn
December 26, 2016, 12:00 am
Shoah memorials ‘safe under 18C’
There is no danger Holocaust commemorations could be impeded by Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, say Jewish groups.
By
Peter Kohn
January 16, 2015, 12:00 am
ECAJ: Charlie shouldn’t impact on 18C
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has confirmed its continued support for Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, which prohibits offending and intimidating people because of their race, national or ethnic origin, after the terrorist attacks in Paris sparked renewed calls for its repeal.
By
Peter Kohn
March 7, 2014, 12:00 am
Warning over 18C revamp
RACE Relations Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane has come out strongly in defence of a key provision of the Racial Discrimination Act which protects individuals and groups from vilification.
By
Peter Kohn
February 25, 2014, 12:00 am
New commissioner calls for 18C axing
By
Timna Jacks
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