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The parents of Ahmed Al Ahmed spoke to ABC News about their son who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the shooters at Bondi Beach
"He doesn't discriminate between one nationality and another. Especially here in Australia, there's no difference between one citizen and another."
These are the Australian values that we should be promoting in the aftermath of this terrible event
đ Excellent data visualisation showing how Group Voting Tickets distort election outcomes in Victoria's upper house
âWe canât police our way out of fascism.â
Banning gestures and slogans won't stop far right extremism. Increasing police powers will impact broader rights to protest
The NSW police approved a protest against the "Jewish lobby" organised by Naz!s and watched on.
There is no excuse for this when the same police force has made repeated attempts to prevent pro-Palestinian groups from protesting
Senator David Pocock has created a voluntary register for MPs to record who they sponsor parliamentary passes for. The current system has no transparency and allows lobbyists to gain privileged access to parliament
You can email your local member via the website to ask them to contribute to the register
Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was suspended from New Zealand's parliament after making a speech about the genocide in Gaza. She called out the members of the government who did not support her bill to sanction Israel for war crimes
"As far as the robust debate goes in that place, I think that was pretty mild in the context of the war crimes that are currently unfolding," Swarbrick later said
đ Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza - Human Rights Watch, December 2023
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/18/israel-starvation-used-weapon-war-gaza
The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime. Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, while willfully impeding humanitarian assistance.
đ The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
"Israel knows how much food is needed. It has been calibrating hunger in Gaza for decades, initially calculating shipments to exert pressure while avoiding starvation."
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Emma Davidson