Tanya Plibersek

February 27, 2026, 2:00 pm

$64,000 emergency relief boost for Jewish House

Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek: 'This investment means they can continue to stand with Sydneysiders when it is needed most'

By AJN STAFF

July 21, 2022, 8:04 am

Environment’s downturn ‘a threat to Jewish tradition’

Australia's ecosystems have significantly declined in the past half-decade and we've lost more mammal species than any other continent.

By PETER KOHN & CARLY ADNO

From left: Victorian MP Martin Foley, ALP Macnamara candidate Josh Burns and
Deputy ALP Leader Tanya Plibersek at Burns’ campaign launch.
Photo: Simon Kosmer

April 19, 2019, 12:00 am

Plibersek at Burns launch

AN enthusiastic crowd of ALP supporters packed into St Kilda's Hotel Esplanade for the launch of Josh Burns' bid to keep Macnamara in Labor hands.

By Peter Kohn

Josh Frydenberg marking Anzac Day in Israel earlier this year.

November 9, 2017, 12:00 am

Frydenberg citizenship saga ‘absurd’

Federal MP Josh Frydenberg says he has been overwhelmed by the support he has received from politicians and the community in the wake of allegations he is a dual citizen and therefore ineligible to sit in Parliament.

By Joshua Levi

Federal Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek.

July 6, 2017, 12:02 am

Labor ‘urged’ to recognise Palestine

A PROPOSED motion urging the next Federal Labor government to recognise Palestine will be put forward at this month’s NSW Labor State Conference.

By Joshua Levi

Josh Frydenberg MP lights an historic chanukiah at a Chanukah reception at Parliament House, Canberra.

December 5, 2016, 12:00 am

A capital Chanukah

More than 220 members of Canberra’s Jewish community joined politicians at Mural Hall in Parliament House on November 29 to light an historic chanukiah.

By Peter Kohn

Monica Kleinman and Brian Nebenzahl, representing NAJEX, pay their respects to our fallen. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

November 11, 2016, 12:00 am

Community remembers our fallen Diggers

A touching address about the human cost of war, by Jillian Skinner, was one the highlights of the Communal Remembrance Day Service at Sydney Jewish Museum.

By Shane Desiatnik

April 28, 2016, 12:00 am

Senate considers Iran sanctions

MELBOURNE Ports MP Michael Danby called on the government to explain why it has gone from being a major international critic of Iran to being even more accommodating of the regime than the United States, when he spoke yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee’s inquiry into the partial suspension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

By Shane Desiatnik and Joshua Levi

March 3, 2016, 12:00 am

Senate to probe Iran sanctions rollback

THE Australian government’s decision to lift sanctions on Iran in the wake of last year’s nuclear deal will come under the spotlight in Parliament after Labor this week moved to refer the policy change to a powerful Senate committee.

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.

Julie Bishop with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran last year.

February 4, 2016, 12:00 am

‘Fawning’ over Holocaust deniers

LABOR MP Michael Danby has stepped up his criticism of the government’s stance on Iran, after the country’s Supreme Leader uploaded a video that questioned whether the Holocaust took place.

December 10, 2015, 12:00 am

Carr slammed over Jerusalem remarks

FORMER foreign minister Bob Carr has come under fire from members of his own party after lamenting the “Judaising” of the “great Arab city” of Jerusalem and saying politicians are being “seduced and bribed” with study tours to Israel.

By Gareth Narunsky

October 23, 2015, 12:00 am

ALP urges Iran debate

DEPUTY Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek has officially added her voice to that of her colleague Michael Danby, moving a motion in Parliament this week calling for a parliamentary debate on Australia’s strategy on Syria and Iran.

By Gareth Narunsky

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten addresses the 2014 ZFA Biennial Conference. Photo: Peter Haskin

July 23, 2015, 12:00 am

ALP set to debate Palestine recognition

DELEGATES to the 47th national Australian Labor Party conference in Melbourne could pass a resolution placing the Opposition on the express lane to recognising a Palestinian state.

April 30, 2015, 12:00 am

Carr claims on ALP Israel policy denied

By Evan Zlatkis

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