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Anti-Semitism inquiry to take extra evidence in secret

The Royal Commission into anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion will hold an additional hearing in relation to the Bondi massacre after concluding in August.

AAP · Oct 12

The disability royal commission laid bare violence, abuse and neglect. Three years on, what’s changed?

Three years ago, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability tabled its final report, a hefty 12 volumes and 222 recommendations.

The Conversation · Oct 4

‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation

Commonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt notice

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4

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The royal commission into alleged corruption in Victoria’s Big Build is due to begin. How will it work?

The extent of ‘corruption, criminal conduct or serious misconduct’ will be examined and former premiers could be called to give evidence

The Guardian - AU · Sep 22

The Victorian government’s new integrity laws are not perfect. But they are vital for restoring good governance in the state

The Victorian government has introduced legislation expanding the jurisdiction of its anti-corruption commission, the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC). This comes on the heels of the creation of a new Royal Commission that will investigate allegations of vast corruption in the construction sector.

The Conversation · Sep 9

Royal commission lays bare the fear and anger of Jewish Australians. But has it got to the heart of antisemitism?

Hearings began amid the grief of the Bondi attack. The community hopes the inquiry will ‘help us to go back to the Australia that we love’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Four months of grief, tension and pain: key moments from the antisemitism royal commission

Witnesses at public hearings spoke of safety fears before and after Bondi attack, fraying community bonds and tension over the state of Israel

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26

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Antisemitism royal commission ends hearings but delays report to avoid ‘distraction’ from Bondi anniversary

Commissioner Virginia Bell resists push to extend antisemitism inquiry noting need for timely recommendations

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26

Local leadership plea to fight increasing anti-Semitism

Government policy aimed at tackling anti-Semitism will have no impact without community leadership, the probe called after the Bondi Beach massacre has heard.

AAP · Aug 24

Ex-spy cleared to give evidence on Bondi terrorists

A former spook will be allowed to give evidence at the royal commission probing anti-Semitism about the intelligence he gathered on two terrorists.

AAP · Aug 21

Victoria’s Big Build royal commission: do the terms of reference go far enough?

Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has announced the terms of reference for the royal commission into criminality and corruption on Victoria’s Big Build.

The Conversation · Aug 21

Forced out of Australia’s military due to his sexuality, David says an apology is ‘long overdue’ for veterans like him

Exclusive: ADF personnel who were discriminated against for being LGBTQ+ are owed a national apology, federal government told

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31

Preschool to uni: envoy wants anti-Semitism education

Targeted education from preschool to university is essential to change embedded hateful views, the envoy tasked with combating anti-Semitism says.

AAP · Jul 29

The biggest atomic blast in Australia happened 70 years ago – mysteries about its impact linger

One winter’s day in June 1956, Britain detonated the largest weapon ever exploded in Australia. The test, code-named Mosaic G2, was conducted at Western Australia’s remote Montebello Islands, site of the first British atomic test in 1952, over 100 kilometres off the Pilbara coast.

The Conversation · Jul 21

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 21

Holocaust survivors president says exclusion of Jews from public life has ‘disturbing parallels’ to Nazi Germany

George Foster tells royal commission Australia’s democratic institutions fundamentally different, ‘but I can’t ignore certain disturbing parallels in the social atmosphere’

AAP · Jun 5

Difficult question still facing anti-Semitism inquiry

The royal commission on anti-Semitism stands to do more harm than good for social cohesion unless it gets a key, highly divisive, definition right.

AAP · May 28

FED:Counter-terror records hidden from anti-Semitism probe

Federal cabinet documents on funding for the nation's counter-terrorism agency will not be used in the royal commission on anti-Semitism.

The Guardian - AU · May 13

Palestinian peak body refused leave to appear at royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion

Australia Palestine Advocacy Network says criticism of Israel is routinely misrepresented as antisemitic – and that Palestinian voices are being excluded from debate

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The Guardian - AU · May 6

‘Terrifying’: political candidate violently abused and schoolboy thrown into bin, antisemitism royal commission hears

The third day of hearings of the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion heard further evidence from Jewish Australians

The Guardian - AU · May 5

I was afraid to make a submission to the antisemitism royal commission. But silence has consequences too

I work in a sector that speaks out on racism and human rights, yet on this issue I have felt the boundaries of acceptable speech narrow around me

The Guardian - AU · May 1

The royal commission into antisemitism’s interim report should improve safety. But what’s revelatory is what it does not recommend

Virginia Bell has not recommended urgent restrictions on protests or marches, the banning of phrases or the restriction of immigration

The Conversation · Apr 30

Grattan on Friday: Antisemitism royal commission’s interim report leaves key questions dangling

The interim report from the royal commission on antisemitism, set up after the Bondi massacre, leaves hanging more questions than it answers.

The Conversation · Apr 30

Royal commission report doesn’t help us start making sense of Bondi terror attack

Justice Virginia Bell has handed the governor-general her interim findings from the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded immediately by promising to implement all its recommendations.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 30

Mother says she ‘misses and loves’ daughter after NT girl’s body found – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 30

Bondi royal commission: report calls for better policing of Jewish festivals after ‘high’ terror risk flagged for Hanukah event

Interim report contains 14 recommendations, after inquiry examined agencies’ actions before the attack in which 15 people were killed

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