Labor MP Josh Burns upset at Gaza protesters’ attack on his St Kilda electoral office, The Age, 19 June 2024
Just after 3.20am on Wednesday, six people wearing black masks turned up outside my electorate office in St Kilda. They brought red paint in spray cans and fire hydrants, and hammers and kerosene. They inspected two small underground electrical channels before they poured kerosene into them, smashed the windows of our office with their hammers,…
Division over ACTU policy on Israel- Gaza, Exclusive by David Marin-Guzman, Australian Financial Review, 11 June 2024
A union leader has complained that ACTU officials quashed debate over Gaza by waving through criticism of Israel but sending off calls for Hamas to release its hostages to be decided behind closed doors. Australian Services Union tax officers’ division secretary and Left-aligned official, Jeff Lapidos, attacked the ACTU policy endorsed at the peak body…
The motion that union leaders prevented from being debated at the Congress of the Australian Council of Trade Unions held in June 2024
Support for a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians based on the principle of two States for two peoples in accordance with resolutions 242 and 338 of the UN Security Council, including the following measures: an immediate and lasting ceasefire between Israel and all Palestinian factions, as a prelude to a permanent peace…
Policy adopted by the Congress of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, June 2024
Support for ending the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with resolutions 242 and 338 of the UN Security Council, with the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of Israel from all Palestinian lands along with the dismantling of the separation wall. In line with our commitment to a two-state…
MP’s offices vandalised: “free Gaza”, “glory to the martyrs” and “free Palestine”
Electorate office of Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MHR, 31 May 2024 Electorate office of the Hon Bill Shorten MHR, 31 May 2024
Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) State Conference – Resolution on Israel (5/5), 18 May 2024
End Military Co-operation with Israel Resolution. That State Conference resolves that the Victorian Labor Government should not renew the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between itself and the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) and should end co-operation and investments with Israeli weapons companies. State Conference notes that, as of May 2024, the MOU has not…