Labor slammed for ‘bizarre backflip' in latest blow to antisemitism crisis
Creative Australia has controversially reinstalled artist Khaled Sabsabi to represent Australia on the world stage at the esteemed 2026 Venice Biennale art festival.
'Trying to keep the Muslim vote on side – rarely throwing a bone to the Jewish Australian community - and in the rare occasions it does, it's only when it's politically convenient,' Ms De Giorgio said.
'And now we have another example of Labor's breathtaking incompetency when it comes to our values.'
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