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Jillian Segal’s push for the federal government to adopt a contested definition of antisemitism will face pushback from some concerned Labor MPs and party members, as Anthony Albanese mulls a response to his envoy’s 49 recommendations to stamp out anti-Jewish hate.

Amnesty International Australia has strongly rebuked the recommendations of Segal, the government’s antisemitism envoy, claiming they could have a “chilling effect stifling rights to protest and freedom of speech”.

In a statement, the charity criticised the recommendations as “vague and repressive” and said they risked “deepening community divisions”.

“The plan risks weaponising criticism of Israel and its commission of war crimes and genocide,” it said

Segal has downplayed some of her more wide-ranging recommendations, saying stripping universities of funding would be a “last resort”, and declining to provide specific examples of media coverage that she would see her office as having a role to “monitor”.

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[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 hours ago

yet another reason not to visit prison dump island.. my partner and her family really wanted to go there and i've been fighting against it because I really have no desire to go there.. now they'll let it go

[–] Leegh@hexbear.net 28 points 15 hours ago

FYI, Jillian Segal’s husband runs a trust fund that donates to a far-right lobby group that regularly promotes anti-immigration, anti-indigenous, and Islamophobic propaganda, as well as donations to state branches of the liberal party (the major conservative opposition in Australia).

[–] Lisitsyn@hexbear.net 21 points 16 hours ago

Our world has changed, the barbarians have breached the gates

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[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 41 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Way to make 'antisemitism' a completely meaningless term, dipshits

[–] William_Nilliam@hexbear.net 22 points 14 hours ago

parenti-hands ruining the definition of antisemitism is exactly the point

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 37 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

These people make it so easy for the far right to spin up antisemitic (actually antisemitic, not this bullshit) conspiracy theories.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 14 points 12 hours ago

Like how the fuck do you even argue with the “Jews control the government” people when this happens? Obviously it’s not true but this is exactly what it would look like if it was, so what are we even supposed to say?

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 31 points 18 hours ago

Aftab Malik, the special envoy to combat Islamophobia, said his report and recommendations to the government would be delivered in August. It is unclear if the government will respond to the antisemitism and Islamophobia reports separately, or with a combined, holistic package of reforms.

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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 26 points 18 hours ago

I wish we had Francesca Albanese rather than this dropkick Tony

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 19 hours ago

Has the definition of “criticism” changed?