Three of a special kind best choices for national honour
The bravery of Deborah Conway, Josh Frydenberg and Alex Ryvchin is an inspiration to so many, especially in the local Jewish community, who have endured a shocking rise in anti-Semitism.
Josh Frydenberg
Perfect choice for Australians of the Year
Josh Frydenberg, Deborah Conway and Alex Ryvchin speak for a large majority of Australians who are appalled by the rising tide of anti-Semitism in the country.
It’s only the beginning: our Australians of the Year fight hatred for all of us
Josh Frydenberg, Deborah Conway and Alex Ryvchin are The Australian’s 2024 Australians of the Year for their brave campaign against anti-Semitism in the community.
‘Fresh start’ as contenders emerge for Blues presidency
Billionaire powerbroker Bruce Mathieson has called for change at Carlton. So, who takes over from Luke Sayers? And what happens next? Here’s the inside word.
Labor weakness on anti-Semitism has bred division
We see the continued ineptitude and avoidance of responsibility by the Albanese government, writ large and becoming worse.
Unchecked anti-Semitism an election issue, PM
Sentiment is shifting as Australians are alert to the fact that what has been happening in our country across the past 15 months is just not on.
Anti-Semitism ‘on the ballot’ as Labor splits over Israel
A pro-Palestinian Labor group has savaged Israel and its political leadership in a pre-election split over a cabinet minister’s visit to the Middle East.
Synagogue firebombing probed as terrorist incident
It is encouraging that the government and the opposition are now largely in agreement on handling the issue of anti-Semitism.
‘Watch our words’, ASIO boss warns after synagogue attack
Mike Burgess said on Monday that politically motivated violence is now a ‘principal security concern’, as the national terrorism threat level ‘remains at probable’.
Frydenberg ‘deserves Labor apology’
Mike Kelly has urged Employment Minister Murray Watt to apologise for accusing Josh Frydenberg of being ‘politically motivated’ in his calls for anti-Semitism to be properly addressed.
Allan mulls protest bans after pressure from Frydenberg
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan will consider a ban on protests at places of worship, after Josh Frydenberg blasted her for failing to attend a vigil on Sunday and called for the introduction of a permit system.
‘No question’ Albanese ‘inaction’ led to synagogue attack: Dutton
The Opposition Leader said Anthony Albanese should have ‘stood up’ to anti-Semitism, slamming his ‘grotesque stance’ on Israel and Palestine that had left the Jewish community to ‘hang out to dry’.
‘PM, how did you let it get to this?’
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Indigenous trailblazer Nova Peris have posed a brutal question to the prime minister after Friday’s synagogue attack.
PM must declare synagogue attack a terror event: Frydenberg
Anthony Albanese must set up a police task force devoted to stamping out anti-Semitism and declare Friday’s firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue a terrorist act, former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has declared.
Albanese government accused of abandoning Israel
Labor stands accused of abandoning Israel in a historic betrayal of Jews, the national interest and the ALP’s best traditions, in an anguished intervention from two prominent Jewish leaders: Mark Leibler and Josh Frydenberg.
Winding back the clock to a less prosperous time
Bob Hawke once said: ‘you don’t design your tax system for low-paid people. You design your tax system for middle-class Australia’. The PM should heed the advice of his mentor.
Academics wilt at fears Frydenberg film will draw cranks
Former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has discovered the hard way what power protesters wield over weak-willed academia when a speaking engagement was canned over security concerns.
‘Confront enemies abroad … and home’
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg will be awarded the Monash Medal, as he calls for authoritarianism abroad and anti-democratic forces at home to be confronted head-on.
Climate task gets harder beyond 2030: Kennedy
The Treasury secretary says uncertainty surrounding climate policy has done significant damage to the decarbonisation effort, driving up transition costs.
Frydenberg’s hungry but can he walk the walk?
It would be cruel and unusual punishment to put the former treasurer in the same boat as Malcolm Turnbull. But some similarities can’t be dismissed.
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