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Jewish community urges Labor to implement plan to stop antisemitism
The nation’s Jewish community has told Labor it cannot wait any longer to implement a landmark plan to stop the wave of anti-Semitic hate, after Education Minister Jason Clare said he would not move until seeing a similar report on stamping out Islamophobia. Source: The Australian.
Albanese says Labor to release new strategy to combat antisemitism
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has flagged his Government will soon release its strategy to combat hate, as he defended Labor’s record of responding to the rise in antisemitism attacks on Australia’s Jewish community. Source: News.com.au.
Report details Russia’s continuing violations against religious minorities
Russia continues to perpetuate “particularly severe” religious liberty violations against minority groups within its own country and the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, according to a new report. Source: CNA.
Christian leaders say major struggle ahead over religious freedom
Christian leaders in New South Wales have warned of a “looming battle” for the freedoms of private schools after the state’s Law Reform Commission released a review of the 1977 Anti-Discrimination Act. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Think tank launches project to ‘combat’ antisemitism, religious discrimination
A three-year landmark project to “analyse and combat” antisemitism and other religious discrimination has been launched by the Centre for Independent Studies, describing it as an issue “too pervasive and urgent to be left to government alone”. Source: The Australian.
Albanese rules out reintroducing religious discrimination legislation
Religious discrimination laws are unlikely to be resuscitated by the Albanese Government after being abandoned last year. Source: SBS News.
Survey shows increased community support for rights of faith-based schools
The National Catholic Education Commission has reaffirmed strong and increasing public support for faith-based schools to employ staff who support their religious ethos.
Victorian Parliament passes controversial hate speech laws
New hate speech laws have passed Victoria’s Parliament after Labor struck a last-minute deal with the Greens, while the opposition has warned the changes will have a “chilling effect on freedom of speech”. Source: Herald Sun.
NT Government to ‘restore freedom of speech and religion’
The Northern Territory Government has confirmed it is planning to scrap a key clause in the Territory’s anti-discrimination laws, claiming it could lead to people being “attacked for telling a joke”. Source: ABC News.