To Defend Our Democracy, PM Must Disavow and Abandon Segal Report

To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report

Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.

Jillian Segal's plan to combat antisemitism straight from lobby group wish-list

How a right-wing lobby group’s 15-point plan became government policy on antisemitism.

Antisemitism, free speech and a dangerous redefinition: How one envoy is rewriting the rules

The recent synagogue fire in Melbourne is being used as a blueprint for sweeping changes to Australian law.

The wrong way to respond to antisemitism • Robert Manne

Several excellent critiques of Jillian Segal’s “Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism” have appeared, by Louise Adler (the Guardian), Henry Reynolds (Pearls and Irritations), Nick Feik (Substack), Guy Rundle (Substack) and Anthony Loewenstein (Pearls and Irritations). I would like to add a few additional words. Segal suggests, at the very least by inference, that antisemitism is the most dangerous form of racism in contemporary Australia. …

Jewish groups slam minister’s delay on antisemitism plan

Jewish community leaders have expressed disappointment after Education Minister Jason Clare indicated he would delay implementing recommendations from the government’s antisemitism plan until receiving a separate report on Islamophobia. Clare told reporters he would not look at antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal’s plan “in isolation”, saying the government would wait for the special envoy on combatting Islamophobia to deliver his report next month…

AIJAC deeply disappointed by linkage of antisemitism plan decision to upcoming Islamophobia report

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today expressed its deep disappointment at statements from Education Minister Jason Clare regarding Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism, apparently linking the Government’s response to it to a forthcoming report on Islamophobia. Clare told reporters yesterday, “I don’t intend to look at this report in isolation. Next month the Government will receive a report from t…