Australian Labor Party
Mark Dreyfus (right) with ALP leader Bill Shorten at the Kotel.
May 15, 2019, 4:02 pm
On his Mark
Speaking with Peter Kohn, Jewish ALP frontbencher Mark Dreyfus shares his visions for Australia and his hope of becoming a senior minister in a Shorten government.
By Peter Kohn
David Ben-Gurion declares Israel's independence. Photo: Zoltan Kluger/GPO
February 1, 2019, 12:00 am
Seventy years on: recognising reality
JANUARY 29, 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of an obscure and long-forgotten event in the history of Australia's international relations: the day Australia recognised Israel.
By Peter Wertheim
Federal Greens Leader Richard Di Natale. Photo: AAP Image/Penny Stephens
November 29, 2018, 12:00 am
The Greens vote against our national security
It is The Greens' parliamentary habit of voting against all measures to enhance our counter-terror response that must be exposed to Australians.
Vic Alhadeff.
August 22, 2018, 12:08 pm
Foley sorry after Vic barred
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley personally apologised because a Jewish community leader was barred entry to the launch of the Labor Union Multicultural Action Committee on Monday night.
Michael Danby (left) with Zeddy Lawrence at The AJN and Zionism Victoria's 2015 election hustings. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 12, 2018, 12:00 am
Farewell Michael Danby
For all the mud that has been thrown at him – and there has been a fair bit – Michael Danby has put in the hours, not just for Australian Jewry but for the public as a whole as a hard grafting politician, who has remained true to his conscience whatever the fallout.
Michael Danby. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 5, 2018, 9:50 am
End of an era
AFTER 20 years in federal politics, Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby today officially announced that he will step down at the end of the current parliamentary term.
Bob Carr in friendlier times at a 2005 Friends of the Hebrew University function. Photo: Nathan Smith
May 31, 2018, 12:00 am
Carr’s latest rant leaves ALP leaders’ patience ‘stretched’
A senior NSW Labor figure has slammed former foreign minister Bob Carr after he accused Israel of "war crimes" and said the recent Gaza violence "makes it inevitable" that federal Labor will recognise Palestine.
By Gareth Narunsky
Malcolm Turnbull with Bob Hawke and Bill Shorten at Monday's memorial service for Barry Cohen. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
February 8, 2018, 12:00 am
Australia pays tribute to Barry Cohen
The colourful life and illustrious career of Barry Cohen were honoured by past and present political leaders at a state memorial service held at Old Parliament House – where the late politician spent three years of his more than two decades in office.
Andrew Casey, who died suddenly last week.
February 8, 2018, 12:00 am
Mourning community stalwart Andrew Casey
Tributes have flooded in for community stalwart Andrew Casey, who died suddenly at the age of 64 last week. Casey came to Australia as a refugee, was a journalist, media adviser, political activist, trade unionist and proud Jew.
The late Barry Cohen.
December 20, 2017, 4:00 pm
Remembering Labor’s Barry Cohen
Tributes have flowed for former federal Labor minister, NSW MP and "justice warrior" Barry Cohen, who has died aged 82.
By Peter Kohn
Andrew McLachlan and Norman Schueler.
August 17, 2017, 12:01 am
Anti-Israel motion scuppered
TEARS were shed at a moving ceremony in Sydney last Sunday, when Jewish federal MP Julian Leeser presented certificates to 12 descendants of Indigenous men who served in Australian Light Horse brigades during the WWI Sinai-Palestine campaign.
By Peter Kohn
Federal Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek.
July 6, 2017, 12:02 am
Labor ‘urged’ to recognise Palestine
A PROPOSED motion urging the next Federal Labor government to recognise Palestine will be put forward at this month’s NSW Labor State Conference.
By Joshua Levi
Tim Wilson during Monday's debate.
May 25, 2017, 9:15 am
MP’s Israel motion draws flak
THE Coalition and ALP duelled in Federal Parliament this week in an effort to show which party can express greater support for Israel.
Warren Mundine. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.
March 9, 2017, 12:00 am
Mundine hits out at Labor grandees
Former Australian Labor Party (ALP) president and Aboriginal leader Nyunggai Warren Mundine has hit out at the Labor leaders who called for the recognition of a Palestinian state.
By Joshua Levi
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney. Photo: Noel Kessel
February 23, 2017, 12:00 am
History in the making
A sea of security personnel, dignitaries, photographers and police welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s first sitting Prime Minister to step on Australian soil, as he arrived in Sydney in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
By Joshua Levi
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