The Australian Jewish News conducted an interview with the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Anthony Albanese ahead of the national elections on the 21st May, 2022, covering questions of Labor’s changing position on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Sydney Festival anti-Israel boycott, the anti-Israel BDS campaign, growing antisemitism here, the burden of security costs in the Jewish community, religious rights of Jewish schools to choose, Jews historical involvement with Labor and his own connections with Jewish Australians.
The Melbourne University has distanced itself and condemned a controversial anti-Israel and antisemitic resolution passed by the University’s Student Union recently.
