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- Perth Now
Major update after Greens candidate injured
Police have dropped one of the charges against former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas after it was found officers should not have used a rare emergency power introduced after the 2005 Cronulla riots. Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas was arrested and charged after a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney's southwest. Supplied Credit: Supplied NSW Police said the protest was not authorised and attempted to disperse the group. 'Five people have been arrested following an unauthorised protest in Sydney's west this morning,' a statement at the time read. 'About 5.35am Friday, officers attached to Campsie Police Area Command attended Lakemba Street, Belmore. Police issued a move-on direction to a group of about 60 protesters, who allegedly attempted to block pedestrian access to the business. 'A 26-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were subsequently arrested after allegedly failing to comply with the direction. During the 35-year-old woman's arrest, she sustained facial injuries and was taken to Bankstown Hospital for treatment.' Ms Thomas suffered a battered eye and said she may lose her vision. Supplied. Credit: Supplied Last week, Ms Thomas was charged with resisting arrest and refusing or failing to comply with a direction to disperse. Four others were also charged with a variety of offences. 'As police attempted to arrest the protesters who were not complying with the directions, a scuffle ensued between police and protesters,' a police statement read. Ms Thomas was additionally charged with a rarely used emergency anti-riot power under 6A of the Law Enforcement Powers and Responsibilities Act (LEPRA). The powers are in place to deal with 'large-scale public disorder', were introduced after the 2005 Cronulla riots and must be signed off by senior officers. She was seen with a swollen eye after the protest. Supplied Credit: Supplied On Monday afternoon, Assistant Commissioner Brett McFadden confirmed police had dropped the charge after reviewing the incident. He said 'police will seek to withdraw the alternative charge' at the next court appearance. Following the incident last month, Ms Thomas said she may lose her vision permanently and blamed 'draconian anti-protest laws' brought in by the Minns government. Assistant Commissioner Brett McFadden dropped one of the charges against the former Greens candidate. NewsWire / Nikki Short Credit: News Corp Australia 'I don't want to get into too much detail about the traumatic events on Friday, but I'm five foot one, I weigh about 45kg, I was engaged in peaceful protest, and my interactions with NSW Police have left me potentially without vision in my right eye permanently,' she said in a clip shared by MP Sue Higginson. Ms Thomas challenged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the federal seat of Grayndler at the federal election earlier this year She is set to face Bankstown Local Court on August 12.
AU Financial Review
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- AU Financial Review
BRICS nations hit back at ‘emperor' Trump over tariff threats
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Sky News AU
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- Sky News AU
Jason Clare considers introducing classes to stamp out mounting antisemitic sentiments in major reform to national curriculum
Education Minister Jason Clare has said the government 'stands ready' to implement changes to the national school curriculum, including implementing antisemitic prevention classes. On Monday the Victorian government announced the creation of a new anti-hate taskforce in response to a swathe of antisemitic attacks on the Jewish community. Multiple incidents occurred across the city starting last Friday night, including an alleged arson attack on an East Melbourne synagogue. Days later, pro-Palestinian protesters allegedly chanted 'Death, death to the IDF'. Following the release of a 15-point plan from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry in February (ECAJ), which included antisemitism being incorporated into the national curriculum, Mr Clare reiterated that 'Holocaust education is part of the Australian curriculum'. 'It's only by learning the lessons of the Holocaust that we can ensure it never happens again,' he said to The Australian. Mr Clare defended the government's response, pointing to the fact that the Albanese government had increased funding for social cohesion programs in schools and had also opened the National Holocaust Education Centre in Canberra. However, he conceded that there was more the government could do to mitigate the soaring number of antisemitic incidents sweeping the nation. 'There is no place for the poison of anti-Semitism in our community, and our schools play an important role in educating young people about anti-Semitism and racism more broadly,' Mr Clare said. He added the government would be prepared to alter the national curriculum if recommendations were made by Jillian Segal, the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism. 'There is always more that can be done, and the government stands ready to work with the Special Envoy to Combat anti-Semitism on further reforms here," Mr Clare said. The Australian reported Ms Segal is set to imminently urge the government to expand antisemitic education within the school system, and that it was a crucial preventative step. Ms Segal said the 'environment of hatred and intimidation that has been allowed to grow and fester needs to be tackled head on'. 'Condemnation is not enough. We urgently need stronger policing and laws that name this hate for what it is and punish it accordingly," she said. The Albanese government has faced fierce backlash for its approach in tackling the sharp rise in antisemitic behaviour, with critics arguing its response had been overly lax. Former prime minister Tony Abbott called on the government to impose a crackdown on anti-Israel protests while ex secretary of the Department of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo implored the government to commission an Operation Sovereign Borders-style taskforce with bolstered powers. Mr Pezzullo said the special taskforce should be composed of ASIO officials and top delegates from federal and state law enforcement branches. 'Regrettably, we have to assume that such an attack is now probable (to use the ASIO rating), especially as Iranian and possibly other hostile services might decide that mass casualty attacks on Jewish people and/or places would be an effective way to strike back at Israel,' he said.
