We turn a blind eye to hatred at our own peril, Chloe Shorten, The Australian newspaper, 12 December 2024
I remember exactly when I first learned about the Holocaust. It was Mrs McLeod who gently led the girls in my class to Anne Frank and her life in hiding in an Amsterdam attic during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Until then I had been immersed in the nano drama of Anne of…
The Hawke lecture given by Senator Hon. Penny Wong, Foreign Minister of Australia, Adelaide, 9 December 2024
We gather on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. I respect their spiritual relationship with their Country. I also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region, and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today. First Nations people were this continent’s…
Statement by Hon Chris Minns MLA, Premier of New South Wales, 8 December 2024
The NSW Government is looking at ways we can protect places of worship from harmful and divisive protests.
Post by His Excellency Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel, 7 December 2024
I spoke now with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese @AlboMP, and expressed my firm condemnation of the horrific arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in Australia. Following the atrocities carried out by Hamas against Israel on and since October 7, 2023, there has been an intolerable wave of attacks on Jewish communities in Australia…
