Failure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy says

Australia’s antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, on Thursday said the government should cut funding for organisations that refuse to address antisemitism, likening them to underperforming childcare centres. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Australia’s antisemitism envoy says if the government is prepared to cut funding to childcare centres that fail to keep kids safe from sexual assault, it should do the same for organisations that refuse to address antisemitism.

Jillian Segal has also declined to specifically address the presence of neo-Nazis at anti-immigration marches on the weekend, during a speech at a Gold Coast conference organised by the US-based Combat Antisemitism Movement and during a subsequent press conference.