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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
Josh Frydenberg. Photo: Peter Haskin.
May 15, 2019, 4:15 pm
Just Josh
Treasurer, deputy Liberal leader and top Jew in the country Josh Frydenberg shares a more personal side of his life with Rebecca Davis.
By Rebecca Davis
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
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.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 24, 2018, 1:41 pm
Scott Morrison elected PM, Frydenberg deputy Liberal leader
Steven Conroy, Michael Danby and David Feeney showing their solidarity against the BDS with a hot chocolate at Max Brenner's in South Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin.
January 28, 2018, 12:01 am
Heading off BDS in Batman
IF embattled federal Labor MP David Feeney is forced to recontest his seat because of citizenship issues, the Liberals are likely to run a candidate in order to preference against any Greens candidate favouring boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
By Peter Kohn
NSW Opposition leader Luke Foley addressing members of the multicultural media at NSW Parliament House. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
April 14, 2017, 12:00 am
Foley: ‘No deals with Hanson’
NSW Opposition leader Luke Foley has challenged Premier Gladys Berejiklian to “rule out” a Liberal–One Nation preference deal ahead of the next state election.
By Shane Desiatnik
From left: Senator James Paterson, Jamie Hyams, Kate Ashmor, David Southwick, Victorian Liberal Leader Matthew Guy, MP Tim Smith and Caulfield electorate conference chair Daniel Weil.
April 6, 2017, 12:00 am
Vic Libs call for embassy move
The stage could be set for Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop to greenlight a move of Australia’s Israel embassy to Jerusalem after the influential Victorian branch of the Liberal Party voted resoundingly for a switch from Tel Aviv.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with former Prime Minister Tony Abbot.
January 5, 2017, 12:01 am
Bishop, Abbott duel over aid and embassy
AUSTRALIA’S Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was quick to distance herself on Monday from views expressed by her Liberal Party colleague and former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Member for Berowra, Julian Leeser, being sworn into federal Parliament.
September 15, 2016, 12:00 am
Leeser: ‘I draw strength from my faith’
Julian Leeser delivered a sobering maiden speech to Parliament on Wednesday, speaking about the tragic loss of his father, mental health and “a deep sense of faith and love of the joys of Judaism”.
By Evan Zlatkis
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
July 14, 2016, 12:00 am
Turnbull welcomed by community
Communal leaders have congratulated Malcolm Turnbull on being returned as Prime Minister of Australia after more than a week of vote-counting by the Australian Electoral Commission.
By Joshua Levi
Julian Leeser. Photo: Noel Kessel
July 7, 2016, 12:00 am
Record number of Jews elected
Australians have voted, and while the final results are still being determined, the country has decided to elect three new Jewish politicians.
By Joshua Levi
Greens candidate for Macnamara, Steph Hodgins-May.
June 30, 2016, 12:00 am
Messy campaign for Melbourne Ports
The battle for Melbourne Ports is on a knife edge this week after recent polling revealed that the Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May has closed the gap on Labor’s Michael Danby, and possibly pulled ahead.
By Joshua Levi
The defaced Liberal Party campaign sign in Frankston, Victoria last week, scrawled with Nazi slogans.
June 24, 2016, 12:00 am
Nazi slogans on sign slammed
Nazi slogans scrawled on a Liberal election campaign sign in Frankston last week have been condemned by the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC).
There were 343 antisemitic incidents reported to CSG in 2018.
June 9, 2016, 12:00 am
Coalition promises $40 million for security
Communal leaders have welcomed a $40 million Safer Communities Fund that will be established by the Liberal Party if it wins the upcoming Federal Election.
By Joshua Levi
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