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“Our response to antisemitism has not been strong enough. The messaging and education need to improve so that people fully grasp the destructive nature of antisemitism within our community,” she stated during an interview with ABC Radio National yesterday.
Nonetheless, Burke dismissed accusations that the government has been tardy in addressing the warnings about antisemitism in Australia, or in implementing the recommendations made by Segal in July.
“We’ve been actively working on a range of these recommendations,” Burke explained on the Today show, “and there hasn’t been any delay on our part.”
“For instance, we have made strides in criminalizing doxxing. We’ve also taken steps to reinforce hate crime legislation. Currently, our national laws against hate crimes are stronger than they have ever been,” she added.
“You’ll find that the recommendations include measures against the display of Nazi salutes and hate symbols. These gestures and symbols are now prohibited at the federal level,” she concluded.
Burke also denied claims he or the government had not been in contact with Segal regarding her recommendations.
The Home Affairs Minister was heckled by some bystanders last night as he laid a wreath at Bondi Beach.
He conceded emotions are still “raw”, but stood by his decision to go to Bondi.
“It was still important that I went there, that I go to the scene and that with the police commissioner, we both lay that wreath,” he said.
Burke and other members of the Albanese government were also slammed by Victoria Teplitsky, the daughter of one of the victims.
“Tony Burke, as far as I’m concerned, and [Penny] Wong and [Anthony] Albanese, they’re committing treason [to] Australia,” she claimed.
“They’re betraying Australia with the way that they’ve handled everything. I don’t believe anything that he says, I don’t think anyone does.”