Dave Sharma
Dave Sharma addressing the media. Photos: Gareth Narunsky
May 23, 2019, 12:00 am
Sharma: ‘I will always stand up for Israel’
NEW Wentworth Liberal MP Dave Sharma has pledged to "always stand up for Israel" and to be a "fervent combatant" of antisemitism and the anti-Israel boycott movement.
By Gareth Narunsky
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff (left) and Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 15, 2019, 2:23 pm
Government commits $200k to JBOD
THE Morrison government has committed more than $200,000 in funding to the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD), it was announced on Wednesday.
The AJN’s Yossi Aron early voting at a previous federal election. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
Vote from next Monday
PRE-POLLING for the federal election opens on Monday, April 29, with the Australian Electoral Commission to release a list of voting locations later this week.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Waverley Liberal councillor Sally Betts, Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma, and NSW Jewish Board of Deputies acting president Isabelle Shapiro at the Bondi promenade where swastikas were daubed last week.
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
Coalition’s CCTV pledge
THE Coalition will invest $143,000 in enhanced CCTV at Bondi Beach to fight back against a recent spate of antisemitic graffiti if re-elected next month.
By Evan Zlatkis
From left: Dr Kerryn Phelps MP, Dave Sharma and Tim Murray at the AUJS/AJN Wentworth forum. Photo: Henry Benjamin
April 18, 2019, 12:00 am
Antisemitic email targets Phelps
ONLY days into the federal election campaign, the race for the seat of Wentworth has been sullied by an offensive email targeting Jewish MP Dr Kerryn Phelps.
By Gareth Narunsky
Kerryn Phelps. Photo: AAP Image/Chris Pavlich
March 8, 2019, 12:01 am
Phelps: Libs misquoted me
WENTWORTH MP Kerryn Phelps has accused the Liberal Party of misquoting her following a Sky News interview in which she discussed the location of Australia's embassy in Israel.
By Gareth Narunsky
Candidate forums will be held for two key Sydney seats with large Jewish populations ahead of the upcoming NSW and federal elections.
March 6, 2019, 3:19 pm
Election forums – ask the candidates
With both a state (NSW) and a federal election looming, two upcoming communal forums will give members of the community a chance to hear from candidates in two key seats.
By AJN STAFF
February 21, 2019, 12:01 am
‘Distortion of justice’
AN Australian doctor first raised alarm bells over the conduct of Israel's Deputy Health Minister and Jerusalem's district psychiatrist in the Malka Leifer case almost a year ago.
By Joshua Levi
Dave Sharma.
October 26, 2018, 12:01 am
Sharma reflects on loss
DEFEATED Liberal candidate Dave Sharma says "it would be unfortunate" if the idea of moving Australia's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is discredited because of the timing of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's announcement last week.
By Gareth Narunsky
Kerryn Phelps. Photo: AAP Image/Chris Pavlich
October 25, 2018, 12:01 am
Phelps wins Wentworth
KERRYN Phelps has made history, becoming the first Jewish female in Australia's federal parliament after beating the Liberal Party's Dave Sharma in a close Wentworth by-election.
By Gareth Narunsky
October 20, 2018, 8:23 pm
Phelps wins Wentworth
INDEPENDENT Jewish candidate Kerryn Phelps is headed for Canberra after achieving a convincing win in the Wentworth by-election.
Tim Fischer.
October 19, 2018, 12:00 am
By-election candidates back new Monash bill
A three-year campaign led by former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer to posthumously promote Jewish Australian WWI legend General Sir John Monash to Field Marshal is alive again, with independent MP for Indi Catherine McGowan announcing on Monday that she will introduce a private member's bill to Parliament to achieve that objective on October 22 – just two days after the Wentworth ­by-election.
By Shane Desiatnik
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 18, 2018, 12:01 am
PM considering embassy move
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has denied that an announcement to look at moving Australia's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is motivated by Jewish votes in this weekend's Wentworth by-election.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Tim Murray, Dr Kerryn Phelps, Dave Sharma. Photo: Noel Kessel
October 18, 2018, 12:01 am
Last face-off before by-election
WHILE a plethora of issues were discussed, it was arguably the federal government's embassy announcement which generated the most commotion at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Wentworth candidates' forum on Tuesday night.
By Gareth Narunsky
Liberal Candidate for Wentworth, Dave Sharma (centre) with (from left) Peter Wise, Lesli Berger, Peter Wertheim and CSG head of security David Rothman. Photo Noel Kessel
October 10, 2018, 6:01 pm
$2.2M for security funding
THE NSW Jewish community's vital security infrastructure will get a much-needed upgrade with a $2.2 million grant from the federal government.
By Gareth Narunsky
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