Antisemitism has become ‘almost fashionable’ among Australians, Jillian Segal tells royal commission

Jillian Segal, the government’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, told the commission young Australians had become especially hostile to Jewish people. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Jewish Australians have been told to use “less obviously Jewish” names, felt pressure to resign and been verbally abused by colleagues in the wake of 7 October 2023.

On its fourth day of public hearings, the antisemitism royal commission also heard evidence from Australia’s antisemitism envoy, who said hatred towards Jews had become “almost fashionable”, while a Sydney nurse said New South Wales Health was “not safe for Jewish people”.