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Attendees at last Sunday’s Qld ALP meeting. Photo: Screengrab
June 10, 2021, 1:45 pm
Federal ALP slams Qld motion
Macnamara MP Josh Burns said the motion was "disappointing and blatantly one-sided", but insisted, "it in no way represents federal Labor's balanced policy in support of Israel".
By Peter Kohn
Co-convener of the SA Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, Tony Piccolo.
June 29, 2017, 12:00 am
SA supports Palestine recognition
JEWISH leaders have expressed their deep disappointment at the South Australian Parliament’s vote to ask Canberra to recognise a Palestinian state, the first time an Australian parliament has done so.
By Peter Kohn
Tony Burke (left) with Bob Carr in 2016. Photo: AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim
December 8, 2016, 12:00 am
The ALP and Israel: Redressing the balance
A new Labor group has been established, with the aim of restoring balance in the party on Israel and the Middle East, The AJN can exclusively reveal.
By Evan Zlatkis
Australia-Israel Labor Dialogue logo.
March 24, 2016, 12:00 am
AILD rejects Elbit claims
THE Australia-Israel Labor Dialogue (AILD) has gone on the attack as an internal ALP storm erupted over a news story trying to link MPs’ Israel visits to an Israeli defence contractor.
By Peter Kohn
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff.
February 18, 2016, 9:35 am
Why this NSW Labor Conference was different
TWO years ago, 28 resolutions overwhelmingly critical of Israel were prepared for the 2014 NSW Labor Party conference. Not one came close to supporting Israel.
Tony Burke (left) with Bob Carr in 2016. Photo: AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim
February 18, 2016, 12:00 am
NSW Labor ‘bullies’ rebuffed
“A REPUDIATION of hardline anti-Israel sentiment”, a “rebuff of bullies and censors”, “sensible”, “balanced”, “rational” and “measured” ... just some of the ways Labor MPs and communal leaders have this week described the resolution that was passed on the Israel-Palestine issue at the NSW Labor state conference last Sunday.
By Evan Zlatkis
The NSW Labor state conference last weekend.
February 18, 2016, 12:00 am
Israel’s friends in Labor speak out
SENIOR Labor officials reaffirmed the party’s support for Israel at a meeting with members of the Australia-Israel Labor Dialogue (AILD) and several Jewish community leaders in Sydney last week.
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has promised to strengthen racial vilification laws if Labor is elected in the 2019 NSW election.
January 21, 2016, 12:00 am
Foley opposes ban on Israel trips
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley told The AJN on Wednesday, “I do not support a ban on trips to Israel,” following a report that a motion seeking to ban Labor MPs, officials and Young Labor members from accepting subsidised trips to Israel will be presented at next month’s NSW conference.
By Evan Zlatkis
From left: Logan MP Linus Power, ALP Queensland assistant state secretary Jon Persley, AILD co-founder Michael Borowick, Beattie, AILD NSW member Greg Holland, QJBD President Jason Steinberg and QJBD advocacy chair Libby Burke.
December 11, 2015, 12:00 am
Israel’s friends in WA, Qld Labor
WESTERN Australia Labor will consider a motion condemning the wave of stabbing attacks against Israeli civilians and Palestinian Authority incitement next week.
By Gareth Narunsky
Queensland Labor vice-president Wendy Turner.
September 3, 2015, 12:00 am
Qld Labor: Balanced one day, biased the next
FORMER Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has called for even-handedness in the debate on Israel and Palestine after the Queensland Labor Party passed a grossly biased motion that places the entire onus of blame for the conflict on Israel and calls for the immediate recognition of a Palestinian state.
By Gareth Narunsky
February 24, 2015, 12:00 am
Balancing the ALP Israel debate
By Gareth Narunsky
September 12, 2014, 12:00 am
Bar’s route to peace
SECRETARY-general of the Israeli Labour Party Hilik Bar MK has addressed audiences around Australia, discussing how roadblocks to Middle East peace might be overcome.
By Phoebe Roth
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