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Minters cuts ties with Adelaide Festival over Palestinian writers

Michael Pelly

Australia’s largest law firm, MinterEllison, has cut ties with the Adelaide Festival over the inclusion of two Palestinian writers with a track record of hostility against Jewish people and Ukraine.

Minters chief executive Virginia Briggs said on Tuesday that the firm had not only withdrawn its support for the Writers’ Week part of this year’s festival, but also the entire program, which covers a broad spectrum of the arts.

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Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor

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