Andrew Burrell & Greg Brown -- The Australian -- 25 August, 2017 A Liberal senator who supports same-sex marriage says he is worried that activists will deliberately seek out advocates of traditional marriage to sue them under federal and state anti-discrimination law. Victorian senator James Paterson, an...
Josh Levi -- The Australian Jewish News -- 25 August 2017 Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s announcement that she will look into the prospects of having an Australian diplomatic presence in Jerusalem has been hailed as significant. Bishop, who is responsible for Australia’s embassies and missions around the world,...
Josh Levi -- The Australian Jewish News -- 25 August, 2017 State and Federal politicians came together last Friday to establish the Victorian Liberal Friends of Israel (LFI). The unique arrangement will see State Member for Caulfield David Southwick, Federal Member for Goldstein Tim Wilson and Federal...
Andrew Burrell -- The Australian -- 24 August, 2017 The states will come under pressure to overhaul their anti-discrimination laws if Australians vote yes to same-sex marriage, amid a mounting push to protect the rights of people and companies to act according to their religious beliefs. In an unexpected...
Rachel Baxendale -- The Australian -- 11 August, 2017 Victorian Labor MP Michael Danby has sought to reassure the Jewish community his divided party still supports Israel by taking out a full-page, taxpayer-funded colour advertisement in the Australian Jewish News. The advertisement was published yesterday after the NSW...
James Paterson -- Herald Sun -- 10 August, 2017 E-CIGARETTES have been a powerful tool for reducing smoking around the world. They could be in Australia too, if we let them. Public education and policy changes have reduced Australian smoking rates from 25 per cent of the...
Amy Remeikis Lucy Battersby -- The Age -- 4 August, 2017 The creation of a new category of not-for-profit journalism in Australia could be enough to convince crossbenchers to pass the government's changes to media laws. The idea of giving public interest journalism the same tax deductions as...