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August 13, 2026, 11:49 am
Vorchheimer to take on Mashni
Federal Court claim alleges Nasser Mashni’s ‘Unholy Trinity’ posts vilified Jews, Judaism and Zionism.
By Bruce Hill
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November 20, 2025, 11:02 am
Court rejects bid to halt discrimination cases
The Federal Court says key questions about the impact of the statements must be tested at trial.
By AJN STAFF
A masked Hamas gunman in Khan Younis ahead of handing over Israeli hostages to the Red Cross on October 13.Photo: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
October 31, 2025, 10:27 am
Hamas seeks to overturn Australian terror listing
ECAJ co-CEO Alex Ryvchin says the documents 'make for extraordinary reading and they reveal something chilling about our country'
By AJN STAFF
Wissam Haddad (left) leaves the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
July 18, 2025, 11:19 am
Court blocks hate preacher’s bid to ‘bury’ corrective notices
Justice Stewart accepted expert evidence that social media posts could quickly disappear from view unless given prominence through platform features
By AJN STAFF
Muslim cleric Wissam Haddad is of the preachers who has incited against Jews since October 7. Screenshot: YouTube
July 1, 2025, 4:45 pm
Justice for our community at last
For Jewish Australians, the court findings represent a rare shining light in 21 months of darkness since October 7, 2023
By AJN STAFF
Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) co-CEO Peter Wertheim (left) and deputy president Robert Goot.
July 1, 2025, 4:18 pm
Decision to take Islamic preacher to court ‘vindicated’
'It confirms that the days when Jewish communities and the Jewish people can be vilified and targeted with impunity are long gone'.
By Carly Adno
Wissam Haddad (left) leaves the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
July 1, 2025, 1:08 pm
Federal Court finds Islamic preacher breached racial discrimination laws
Judge says Wissam Haddad conveyed 'disparaging imputations about Jewish people' that included 'age-old tropes against Jewish people that are fundamentally racist and antisemitic'
By Gareth Narunsky
ECAJ deputy president Robert Goot (centre) and co-CEO Peter Wertheim (right) arrive at the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
June 17, 2025, 12:50 pm
Judge reserves decision in racial hate case
“It’s a tragedy when our institutions fail us and citizens are left to fend for themselves," says Peter Wertheim.
By AJN STAFF
Cleric Wissam Haddad. Photo: MEMRI
October 29, 2024, 12:45 pm
ECAJ launches court action
The national Jewish roof body first announced in January that it planned to take legal action against Muslim clerics who had made antisemitic statements.
By AJN STAFF
Former Brighton student Joel Kaplan (centre) outside the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne. Photo: AAP Image/Diego Fedele
October 26, 2023, 12:53 pm
Minack resigns following antisemitism ruling
Rutland said when school students experience antisemitism in schools, all that they and their parents want to do is to move to another school and forget what has happened to them.
By Bruce Hill
Attorney Benjamin Ryberg, Chief Operating Officer with the Lawfare Project based in New York.
October 15, 2023, 7:28 am
Lawfare Project calls for removal of principal
Arnold Bloch Leibler partner Peter Seidel told The AJN late last month that the judgement has set important legal precedents which will have an impact on Australian law well into the future.
By Bruce Hill
Daniel Aghion at Federal Court.
November 24, 2022, 10:59 am
Communal figures visit court
The JCCV has shown its support for a group of Jewish ex-students who are suing Brighton Secondary College.
By Peter Kohn
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