Jewish community defiant as October 7 remembered

Australia’s Jewish community say they remain defiant and united as thousands gathered 12 months on from the October 7 attacks by Hamas. Read more

Two teens charged with vandalising Josh Burns’ office

Police have charged two people after the offices of a federal Labor MP were daubed with red graffiti and windows smashed. Read more

Josh Burns’ office smashed and set on fire

Vandals have smashed windows and set fire to the front of federal Labor MP Josh Burns’ Melbourne electoral office in what he has branded a “politically motivated attack”. Read more

“A sad and shameful day for all Australians” 

Australia’s support of a UN resolution on Palestine will help to broker peace, the foreign minister says, but a Labor MP argues it will leave Jewish Australians isolated. Read more

Reporting on a visit to Israel

Four recent visitors to Israel on AIJAC’s Rambam Israel Fellowship program, three Federal MPs and one from the media, reported on their visits to AIJAC supporters at a recent Melbourne function. Read more

Jews and Muslims should feel safe: Jewish MPs

Australian Jews and Muslims should not be used as “political footballs” and their communities should feel safe and supported, Jewish MPs from Labor and the Liberal Party say. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: podcast with Josh Burns

Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns MP, Federal Labor Member of parliament for Macnamarra, about the recent Labor Party’s National Conference and the official statements that were made in relation to the so-called Occupied Palestinian Territories and the illegal settlements. Read more

Senator restrained by police as LGBTQI protests clash

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has been physically held back by police as she attempted to storm the lectern of an anti-transgender rights protest. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Josh Burns

Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns MP, Federal Member of Parliament for Macnamara, about his recent motion in Parliament, in which he strongly criticised the opposition by the Greens to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Josh Burns MP – Education is the way to “never forget” and “never again”

Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns, Labor’s Federal Member of Parliament for the seat of Macnamara, about the motion he introduced calling for all states and territories to follow the lead of Victoria and NSW, and make Holocaust education a mandatory aspect of their school curriculum. Read more

Henry’s 700th birthday celebrating with Josh Burns

Federal Member for the Melbourne seat of Macnamara Josh Burns appears via Zoom on the special 700th episode of The Shtick. Read more

The party is over

They have different political allegiances, but politicians Josh Burns and David Southwick have joined forces to stabilise the COVID fallout created by an irresponsible small group of Melbourne’s Jewish community. Read more

With 2000 votes to be counted, Josh Burn claims victory

Josh Burns has claimed victory in the marginal three-way contest of the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, making him the fifth federal Jewish MP in the 46^th Parliament of Australia, and Labor’s third Jewish MP. Read more

Confronting campus vilification

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has expressed concern about antisemitic bigotry experienced at Australian universities. Read more

Labor’s emergency plans for Victorian schools

The Victorian State Labor party will provide $600,000 to help schools develop and implement their Emergency Management Plans to be prepared for incidents resulting from racial or religious intolerance. Read more