Campaigner who doxxed Jewish creatives gets anti-racism resource contract

An activist who helped disseminate the doxxed details of hundreds of Jewish ­Australians has a contract to provide anti-racism resources with the peak human rights body.

Anti-Israel activists Zee Mazloum, left, and Elsa Tuet-Rosenberg. Picture: Instagram

A social-justice activist who helped disseminate the doxxed ­details of hundreds of Jewish ­Australians across the internet and said their “time was up” has a contract to provide anti-­racism ­resources with the country’s peak human rights body.

Elsa Tuet-Rosenberg was one of those exposed in February to be the most prolific sharers of doxxed details of more than 600 Jewish creatives from a leaked private WhatsApp group.

The Australian can reveal Ms Tuet-Rosenberg’s company Hue – an anti-racism consultancy that she co-owns and co-founded – has a contract with the Australian Human Rights Commission to produce what is understood to be online anti-racism teaching ­resources for primary schools.

Hue won the contract in ­October last year and is still working with the commission.

The AHRC, an independent body but funded by the federal government, is the country’s ­national human rights institution that is responsible for investigating discrimination.

Anti-Israel activists Elsa Tuet-Rosenberg (left) and Zee Mazloum in a social media post promoting the sale of offensive anti-Israel slogans on T-shirts.

Last week, Liberal MP Julian Leeser accused it of turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism, declaring that it had gone “AWOL” since ­Israel’s war on Hamas began.

Hue’s contract and involvement with the AHRC is part of the commission’s national anti-­racism campaign, which is ­designed to “increase awareness of racism and give Australians the tools to address it”.

The worth of the contract is unknown – believed to be in the thousands, but under $10,000 – and the work runs until at least July, when Hue’s resources for the AHRC are expected to be ready.

Hue run anti-racism training and provide consulting.

Hue’s work was spruiked by the commission’s anti-racism campaign earlier this month, a few weeks after the doxxing incident.

Ms Tuet-Rosenberg shared ­almost 200 Instagram stories pertaining to the February 6 doxxing, posting the leaked transcripts and members’ names, professions and photographs, and saving each in Instagram story tabs called “Zio Receipts”.

To her almost 10,000 followers, she ­disseminated links to the leaked transcripts and members, which included teachers, librarians and university professionals.

Ms Tuet-Rosenberg, who is Jewish, filed the Jewish WhatsApp members into categories such as “Artists” and “Sports Zios”, urging her followers to “let these f..king Zionists know no f..king peace”.

Elsa Tuet-Rosenberg is the co-founder of anti-racism and social-justice organisation, Hue.

“We must be noisy, disruptive and unapologetic,” she wrote in one Instagram story.

Ms Tuet-Rosenberg said that “Zimbos” maintained their positions due to other Zionists “in management”, calling them “genocidal fascists” who had moved “too deep into fascism” to reason with. “Time’s up,” she wrote about the leaked group.

In a recent photo posted by Ms Tuet-Rosenberg, she is seen wearing a pin badge with the words: “leak another chat”.

It comes as Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, the minister with responsibility for the AHRC, opened consultation on proposed anti-doxxing criminal laws, fast-tracked by the government in light of the incident.

Mr Leeser told The Australian he was “deeply concerned” about the links between Hue and the AHRC, urging the body to “rip its contract up”.

“There is a responsibility for all involved in Australia’s human rights apparatuses – be they staff or suppliers – to act in a way that respects the rights of all other Australians,” he said.

Liberal MP Julian Leeser criticised the AHRC. Picture: Martin Ollman

“The re-sharing of the (doxxed) data was as disgraceful as the original action. It was an action roundly condemned and prompted action to ban doxxing.”

Mr Leeser said no one who is supportive of the incident should have “any involvement with the AHRC”.

“As well, some of the public statements and images used by Hue on social media are not in any way consistent with the values associated with the AHRC,” he said.

Among pro-Palestine posts, one shows a cartoon of a CEO with a beard, top hat and suit holding a bag of cash and throwing money in the air, marked with a red cross.

“Australians of all backgrounds – Jew, Muslim, Christian or atheist – should have confidence in approaching the AHRC,” Mr Leeser said. “Jewish Australians should have confidence that the AHRC, its staff, suppliers and contractors will treat all Australians with respect.”

Jewish leaders who learned about Hue contract echoed Mr Leeser’s comments.

“The doxxing was condemned by both Labor and the Coalition as so odious that it should be criminalised,” Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Peter Wertheim said, whose organisation led calls for anti-doxxing laws.

A post on Hue's Instagram depicting a cartoon CEO with a beard, top hat and suit, holding a bag of money, marked with a red cross. Picture: Instagram

“Somebody who was allegedly at the forefront of that behaviour, which targeted a Jewish group, is the last person who should be under contract to the AHRC, especially for the purposes of an anti-racism campaign.

“One would expect that the commission would have clauses in its contracts which give it the right to review and terminate a contract when misconduct occurs. Why hasn’t that happened in this case?”

Australian Jewish Association CEO Robert Gregory called it “shocking but sadly not surprising”, and labelled the partnership “untenable”.

Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Peter Wertheim. Picture: John Feder

“The failure of the AHRC to offer any meaningful response to the surge of anti-Semitism across Australia had already raised serious questions about its continued value,” he said. “For many in the Jewish community, this revelation will be further proof that the AHRC only advocates for the interests of certain minorities.”

An AHRC spokesman said it “closely scrutinised” contracting arrangements “as part of regular due diligence processes for all external arrangements”.

“The AHRC engaged in a contract with the organisation Hue, following a procurement process that began in March 2023, which complied with government procurement requirements,” he said.

Anthony Albanese said last month that he had asked the ­Attorney-General to “bring forward legislation in response to the Privacy Act review, including laws that deal with … the malicious pub­lication of private information online”.

Hue was contacted for comment but failed to respond.