Stepan Kerkyasharian
NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman. Photo: Noel Kessel
June 7, 2018, 12:01 am
‘A line in the sand’
UNDER new laws to be introduced in the NSW Parliament, any individual who incites or threatens violence against the Jewish community could face three years in prison.
Former NSW Anti-Discrimination Board president Stepan Kerkyasharian.
June 8, 2017, 12:00 am
State govt reviewing report into 20D
COMMUNITY groups have reaffirmed their commitment to bringing about reform to the state’s race-hate legislation, vowing “we will not stop until change is made”.
By Evan Zlatkis
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff (centre) with representatives of other community groups at NSW Parliament House in 2016.
February 16, 2017, 1:22 am
Consultation launched on 20D
Communities continue to rally for “urgently needed” changes to Section 20D of the Anti-Discrimination Act.
By Evan Zlatkis
Jeremy Jones (right) receives the Harmony Award from Premier Mike Baird last week.
March 17, 2016, 9:52 am
Multicultural champion honoured
COMMUNAL stalwart Jeremy Jones has received top honours at the 2016 Premier’s Harmony Dinner, taking home the Stepan Kerkyasharian AO Harmony Award after serving the community for more than 40 years promoting multicultural and interfaith dialogue.
By Evan Zlatkis
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton with Vic Alhadeff (on left) and Jeremy Spinak.
October 22, 2015, 10:08 am
‘A historic reform’
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton has publicly admitted for the first time that Section 20D of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act is not working and she will introduce legislation by May to fix it.
By Evan Zlatkis
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton with Vic Alhadeff (on left) and Jeremy Spinak.
October 1, 2015, 9:23 am
Ethnic groups back hate law change
SIX ethnic organisations have added their voices to the call by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) for the state’s race-vilification legislation to be strengthened.
Hizb ut-Tahrir's late founder, Ismail al-Wahwah. Photo: AAP Image/Paul Miller
September 27, 2015, 12:00 am
Hate laws to be reviewed
THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) has been working closely with Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton to ensure last month’s failure by the police to charge Hizb ut-Tahrir leaded Ismail al-Wahwah with racial incitement is not repeated.
By Gareth Narunsky
Federal Attorney-General, Senator George Brandis. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
September 10, 2015, 12:00 am
Advocacy of genocide to be criminalised
ANTI-Discrimination Board of NSW president Stepan Kerkyasharian has joined communal leaders in welcoming the federal government’s plans to introduce a new crime of “advocacy of genocide”.
By Evan Zlatkis
Hizb ut-Tahrir's late founder, Ismail al-Wahwah. Photo: AAP Image/Paul Miller
September 3, 2015, 12:00 am
Dismay over failure to charge al-Wahwah
NSW Anti-Discrimination Board president Stepan Kerkyasharian has backed the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ (JBOD) call for the state’s race hate legislation to be reviewed after police decided last week not to charge Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Ismail al-Wahwah with racial incitement.
By Gareth Narunsky
Hizb ut-Tahrir's late founder, Ismail al-Wahwah. Photo: AAP Image/Paul Miller
April 17, 2015, 12:00 am
Hizb ut-Tahrir videos ‘a serious breach’
By Gareth Narunsky
December 19, 2013, 9:45 am
Alhadeff takes community relations helm
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) CEO Vic Alhadeff has been appointed the new chair of the NSW Community Relations Commission (CRC).
By Gareth Narunsky
February 9, 2012, 12:00 am
Effort to stop “The Promise” sales fails
THE DVD of the controversial television series The Promise was available for purchase on SBS and Dymocks online shops on Wednesday, despite a last-ditch appeal to have it removed.
By Joshua Levi
November 7, 2011, 12:00 am
Honour for Kristallnacht witness
LIVING in Vienna in 1938 under Nazi rule, Shmuel Rosenkranz was witness to the destruction and terror that occurred on Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken glass, which marked an intensification in the Nazi persecution of German and Austrian Jews culminating in the Holocaust.
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