Julian Leeser
Back in a fortnight: councillor suspended over ‘playground killer’ jibes
With just weeks to go before local council elections in Melbourne, things are getting weird.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Indigenous
Truth-telling set to fill Voice gap as Leeser urges PM to step up
As retiring Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney declared history would look kindly upon the Voice effort, Liberal MP Julian Leeser lamented the “national silence” that has existed since its defeat.
- by Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Universities under pressure from MPs to adopt antisemitism definition
Jewish MPs want all Australian universities to adopt a politically contested definition of antisemitism.
- by Angus Thompson
Hollie Hughes’ tirade at Angus Taylor has a familiar feel
The dumped Liberal senator is no stranger to preselection rough-and-tumble.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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University
Minister warned unis of campus tensions days after October 7
Universities assured Education Minister Jason Clare they had measures in place to deal with antisemitism on campus within days of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
Morrison accuses UN of antisemitism, decries ‘persecution’ of Australian Jews
The former prime minister spoke at a rally against antisemitism in Sydney, where he questioned the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- by Patrick Begley
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Cross-party MPs back Jewish community push to outlaw doxxing
People who publish identifying information with malicious intent could face jail under proposed changes to the federal Criminal Code.
- by Chip Le Grand
NSW government rejects federal MP’s call to outlaw vehicle convoys
Federal Liberal MP Julian Leeser said vehicle convoys in suburbs with significant Jewish populations were designed to create a climate of fear.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Political leadership
Unlikely allies Abbott, Kean back Leeser’s return to the frontbench
Tony Abbott and Matt Kean are from opposite factions in NSW, but they agree that Peter Dutton must return Julian Leeser to the frontbench.
- by James Massola
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Voice to parliament
‘Has to serve his time’: Liberals oppose Yes campaigner’s cabinet return
Peter Dutton has been gauging whether Julian Leeser’s return to the frontbench would be accepted after he quit the shadow cabinet over the Voice to parliament.
- by Paul Sakkal and James Massola
‘Game of musical chairs’: Key suburban seats in focus as AEC reshuffles boundaries
Sydney and Melbourne will each lose an electorate, and Western Australia will gain one, before the next federal election, in a reshuffle that might put some independent MPs at risk.
- by Angus Thompson
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