“That’s why I’ve [also] asked the Attorney-General to develop proposals to strengthen laws against hate speech. This is not the Australia we want to see.”
The legislation will include an exemption for public interest journalism.
Albanese and MPs from across the political spectrum in the country condemned last week’s doxxing as antisemitic and dangerous. Albanese said at the time that the “targeting of people because they happen to be Jewish is just completely unacceptable. It has got to stop. It must stop.”
The announcement follows news last week that anti-Israel activists published a list of 600 Australian Jews from a Jewish creatives and academics WhatsApp group, accusing them of coordinating pro-Israel activism. Their information was published widely online along with pictures of group members and links to their social media accounts.
He noted that the chat was set up as a support network for Jewish Australians experiencing antisemitism, with members having a wide range of political opinions about the Middle East.
“What they have in common,” Albanese said, “is they are members of the Jewish community.
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry supported the proposed legislation.
