Author: Jmedia Manager

A bid to have the Federal Court intervene to allow locked-down Jewish communities gather amid ever-escalating COVID-19 outbreaks to celebrate their holiest of days has failed. A group of spiritual leaders – including three rabbis – launched a case in the Federal Court against the Commonwealth and the states of NSW and Victoria, arguing orders…

State to ban swastika as part of anti-vilification reform

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in Print, The Age

Victoria will become the first Australian state or territory to ban the use of Nazi symbols including the swastika as part of landmark reform aimed at boosting human rights protections. Legislation expected to be passed early next year willmake the public display of Nazi symbols illegal following a recent rise in neo-Nazi activity and calls…

Vic to ban public display of Nazi symbols

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Victoria is set to become the first state or territory in Australia to ban the public display of Nazi symbols. The state government on Thursday confirmed it was working on new laws to ban Nazi symbols, such as the swastika, though exceptions will be made for educational or historical purposes, and for other uses. The…

Victoria bans Nazi swastika in state in effort to curb hate speech

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Victoria will become the first state in Australia to ban the Nazi swastika in response to a worrying rise of neo-Nazi activity. The government announced on Thursday it would ban the display of all Nazi symbols, making it illegal for residents to exhibit the material. The ban will come into place in early 2022 in…

President Biden’s short road back

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in Print, Spectator

On August 14, 2020, I woke up to a barrage of WhatsApp messages. Group conversations I’m in were buzzing. The UAE and Israel had just announced a peace deal. People wanted to know, was this genuine peace? Was it a joke? In close succession, four peace deals were signed, and on different days I woke up to…

New lures from Israel-based company Biofeed and sterile flies deployed in SA’s $40m fruit fly fight

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in Print, The Advertiser

A new two-pronged assault has been unleashed in the war against Adelaide fruit fly incursions – with “double agents” and a deadly Israeli weapon deployed. Low-flying planes will drop millions of sterile fruit flies each week over Adelaide for the rest of the year and imported traps will be deployed, in a campaign to eradicate…

John Safran: “[We] Jews are obviously pretty good with food because Jews are very fat and like eating”

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in Online, Other Source

The writer on drinking tequila with white nationalists, which religion has the best food, and his new book on Big Tobacco. You grew up in a Jewish German-Polish household. What are your fondest food memories from your childhood? We had Friday night Shabbas which I thought was normal – I didn’t think I was part…

Israel fruit fly technology deployed in Adelaide in Australian first

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in Online, Other Source

A new international technology specifically designed to fight fruit fly is being deployed across metropolitan Adelaide in an Australian first. The Marshall Liberal Government is trialling 4,000 innovative ‘FreeDome’ lures from Israel-based company Biofeed, which uses a chemical formula to attract, feed, and kill fruit flies. Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development David Basham…

Israel opposes US consulate plan

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