Mike Kelly
Federal opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser. Photo: Peter Haskin
June 25, 2026, 10:56 am
‘Absurd’, ‘shameful’: Leeser, Kelly slam AEU claim
Union's call for Holocaust teaching guidance draws criticism from Jewish leaders.
By Dahlia D'Onghia
Mike Kelly is helping to drive the project. Photo: Noel Kessel
April 29, 2026, 3:45 pm
Holocaust centre vision unveiled
The centre will target the 165,000 students who visit Canberra annually for school trips.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Rachelle Unreich, Sheina Gutnick, Mike Kelly, Josh Frydenberg.
March 3, 2026, 3:01 pm
Australia at tipping point, Frydenberg warns
Panel hears warnings of normalised antisemitism and leadership failures after Bondi.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: AAP Image/Hilary Wardhaugh
January 8, 2026, 9:54 am
Pressure mounts as Albo said to reconsider
Calls for a federal Royal Commission intensify as Labor figures, security experts and civil leaders speak out.
By Gareth Narunsky
Mike Kelly addressing NAJEX’s ANZAC commemoration event last Sunday. Photo: Noel Kessel
January 6, 2026, 9:37 am
Prominent former Labor figures join call for Royal Commission
'The Australian Jewish community has called on us to 'shine a light against the darkness'. We can do no less.'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the media at Australian Federal Police National Headquarters in Canberra on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Hilary Wardhaugh
December 30, 2025, 8:36 pm
Jewish community leadership demands royal commission in joint statements
'We have issued repeated warnings to government about increasing Jew hatred in this country, and the social permissiveness that has been allowed to grow resulting in further attacks'
By AJN STAFF
Mike Kelly speaks at the funding announcement in Canberra on Monday.
January 29, 2025, 5:31 pm
Federal government pledges $4.4 million for National Holocaust Education Centre
Announcement 'has come at a critically important time and will be great encouragement to Australia’s Jewish community during a difficult period'
By AJN STAFF
Labor Friends of Israel patrons Daniel Andrews and Nova Peris. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 1, 2024, 8:00 am
Will be a staunch pro-Israel voice
Labor Friends of Israel was founded in November last year as a national group to take on the rising challenge Israel and the Jewish community were facing.
By Bruce Hill
Nova Peris at a Chanukah appeal for Israel last year.
June 21, 2024, 2:17 pm
Andrews and Peris to become patrons of Labor Friends of Israel
'We count them both as among the strongest supporters of the Jewish community and Israel in the Australian Labor Party'
By AJN STAFF
Dr Mike Kelly.
April 19, 2021, 1:04 pm
Kelly on the strategic relationship between Oz, Israel
By AJN STAFF
Mike Kelly previously addressing a NAJEX Anzac commemoration. Photo: Noel Kessel
August 20, 2020, 8:00 am
Mike Kelly: ‘We have to be on our guard’
Former federal MP Mike Kelly, whose son Ben Sakker Kelly was elected as a deputy, was the guest speaker at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies annual general meeting earlier this week
By Sophie Deutsch
Mike Kelly addressing the 2016 NAJEX Anzac Day commemoration at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 7, 2020, 7:00 am
Mike Kelly: ‘Israel is very close to my heart’
Mike Kelly's departure from Parliament will sadden a legion of Australians, not least among them, Jewish Australians, for whom the longstanding MP has been a consistent champion.
By Peter Kohn
Dr Mike Kelly.
April 30, 2020, 2:30 pm
Parliament ‘a poorer place’ without Mike Kelly
Jewish community leaders have paid tribute to outgoing federal Labor MP Mike Kelly, noting he 'always maintained a firm commitment to Australia's strong relationship with Israel'.
By Evan Zlatkis
The J-AIR studio in Melbourne.
March 9, 2020, 12:18 pm
Calls for J-AIR upgrade
'The absence of a community broadcasting licence limits the capacity for J-AIR to support the Jewish community and provide awareness for the ongoing safety and security challenges'
By Peter Kohn
Charles Bean. Photo: The Australian War Memorial
May 18, 2018, 12:01 am
‘Don’t name seat for anti-Semite’
AN acclaimed scholar of the life of General Sir John Monash has attacked the naming of a federal electorate after an anti-Semitic historian who undermined Australia's greatest citizen officer.
By Peter Kohn
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