Josh Burns
Labor's Josh Burns won the Melbourne seat of Macnamara.
May 23, 2019, 12:00 am
Macnamara’s first MP
Labor's Josh Burns won the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, making him the newest Jewish Member of Parliament.
By Peter Kohn
Mount Scopus College.
April 29, 2019, 12:00 am
Scopus move ‘should be for everyone’
LEADERS of several Jewish schools have called for more scrutiny on the land-swap proposal, spearheaded by a federal Labor government if elected, to move Mount Scopus College to Caulfield.
By Joshua Levi
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: Victorian MP Martin Foley, ALP Macnamara candidate Josh Burns and Deputy ALP Leader Tanya Plibersek at Burns’ campaign launch. Photo: Simon Kosmer
April 19, 2019, 12:00 am
Plibersek at Burns launch
AN enthusiastic crowd of ALP supporters packed into St Kilda's Hotel Esplanade for the launch of Josh Burns' bid to keep Macnamara in Labor hands.
By Peter Kohn
Josh Wilson speaking in Parliament last year. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
April 18, 2019, 12:00 am
‘An insult to our national debate’
AS the Australian Labor Party battles against anti-Israel elements within its ranks, leader Bill Shorten has stressed that a "Shorten Labor government will be committed to maintaining close ties with Israel".
From left: Josh Burns, Steph Hodgins-May and Kate Ashmor as the Great Debate became heated. Photos: Peter Haskin
April 11, 2019, 12:00 am
Sparks fly at Macnamara candidates’ debate
Labor's Josh Burns, Liberal Kate Ashmor and the Greens' Steph Hodgins-May addressed a raft of issues at the Great Debate for Macnamara last Sunday.
By Peter Kohn
Mount Scopus principal Rabbi James Kennard (left) with ALP candidate Josh Burns at Caulfield Hospital last Sunday. Photo: Simon Kosmer
April 4, 2019, 9:26 am
Mount Scopus heading to Caulfield?
MOUNT Scopus College's dream of moving the entire school to Caulfield could be confirmed within 18 months.
By Peter Kohn
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaking at the Sydney Institute last Saturday. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
December 20, 2018, 6:45 pm
Mixed reaction to Prime Minister’s announcement
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has called Labor's pledge to reverse the Morrison government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "hasty and ill-advised".
By Gareth Narunsky
Kate Ashmor.
August 22, 2018, 11:55 am
Libs vie for Macnamara
LAWYER Kate Ashmor is the only Jewish nominee and female among several Liberals contesting for preselection as the party's candidate for Macnamara (formerly Melbourne Ports), to be decided by the Liberals on September 2.
By Peter Kohn
Blair Cottrell (left) with Adam Giles. Photo: Facebook
August 10, 2018, 12:01 am
Dark Sky over TV news
JEWISH leaders have voiced deep concern after Sky News hosted a Nazi sympathiser for a studio interview.
By Peter Kohn
Josh Burns.
July 26, 2018, 12:01 am
Burns to replace Danby
BEING officially endorsed by Labor's national executive on Tuesday as the party's candidate for Macnamara, the new name of Michael Danby's seat of Melbourne Ports, was "an extremely proud moment" for Josh Burns.
By Joshua Levi
Michael Danby, holding a poster from his first election campaign in 1998, at his Fitzroy Street office in St Kilda after announcing he will not be standing for re-election at the next federal election. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 12, 2018, 12:01 am
An undefeated champion
TRIBUTES from across the political divide have flowed for Michael Danby, who announced last week that after seven elections, 20 years and thousands of communal gatherings, he will be bowing out of politics at the next federal election.
By Joshua Levi
July 6, 2018, 4:36 pm
Burns puts his hand up
THE AJN can confirm that former Michael Danby staffer Josh Burns is seeking preselection to succeed him as the Labor candidate at the next federal election.
December 4, 2014, 12:00 am
Southwick retains but Burns still smiling
By adam kamien
November 27, 2014, 12:00 am
Election 2014: Final appeal to Jewish voters
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