In a senate inquiry report tabled this afternoon, calls by Australia\u2019s Antisemitism Envoy for a judicial inquiry into campus antisemitism have disappointingly been rejected by government senators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, and Senator Paul Scarr have raised serious concerns about the failure to listen to Jillian Segal AO, the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism recently appointed by the Albanese government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Coalition\u2019s dissenting report into the Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024 (No 2), Senator Henderson said the case to establish a judicial inquiry was overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGiven Labor\u2019s failure of leadership on campus antisemitism, the Prime Minister must start listening to his Antisemitism Envoy and major Jewish organisations which strongly support a judicial inquiry,\u201d Senator Henderson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJewish students should not be forced to choose between their education and their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInstead of tackling this antisemitism crisis with moral clarity and courage, Education Minister Jason Clare has been missing in action, allowing hate and division to fester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their report, Coalition senators also recommended:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 best-practice antisemitism policies and procedures for universities including fines for non-compliance;
\u2022 antisemitism training for university leaders;
\u2022 disclosure of all university revenues including agreements with foreign entities;
\u2022 the adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism; and
\u2022 the proposed independent student ombudsman be supported by an antisemitism expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith the anniversary of the October 7 massacre just days away, the Australian Jewish community is grappling with the ugly spread of antisemitism across all corners of the country. That is why urgent action on campus antisemitism, including financial penalties for universities which fail to comply with student safety policies, is crucial,” Senator Henderson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe proposal by the government-controlled committee for another parliamentary inquiry, without the powers, resources and expertise of a judicial inquiry, is inadequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSimilarly, after the distress and harm suffered by Jewish students and staff for almost a year, any suggestion universities should be responsible for reviewing their own policies is untenable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Coalition\u2019s dissenting report can be found on page 59 of the Senate inquiry report, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a senate inquiry report tabled this afternoon, calls by Australia\u2019s Antisemitism Envoy for a judicial inquiry into campus antisemitism have disappointingly been rejected by government senators. Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, and Senator Paul Scarr have raised serious concerns about the failure to listen to Jillian Segal AO, the Special Envoy to Combat … Continue reading “Albanese Government must start listening to its Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29439,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29438\/revisions\/29439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}