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A son of lefties, James Paterson takes it up to the PM on antisemitism

The ambitious Liberal senator has emerged as one of the Coalition’s most effective shadow ministers.

Andrew Tillett
Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondent
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James Paterson’s commitment to fighting antisemitism was crystallised when he was on the ground at Melbourne University being kicked by anti-Israel protesters.

It was 2006 and Israeli forces had invaded southern Lebanon to recover soldiers abducted by Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants.

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Andrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery. Connect with Andrew on Facebook and Twitter. Email Andrew at andrew.tillett@afr.com
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