Peter Dutton is pledging to set up an “anti-Semitism taskforce” if the Coalition wins next year’s federal election.
The Opposition Leader’s promise comes after the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue sparked fresh fears in Australia’s Jewish community.
Mr Dutton said on Monday “the blatant racism that we’ve seen against people of Jewish faith and heritage has been obvious on a daily basis” since Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack last year.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is pledging to set up an anti-Semitism taskforce if the Coalition wins next year’s federal election. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman
“Thousands of cases of people who have been targeted in their businesses, in their communities, in their places of worship, and that is thoroughly unacceptable,” he told reporters in Melbourne.
“So today I announced that stronger action and national leadership will be brought to the table, and a Dutton Coalition government will act from day one to fix Labor’s law enforcement crisis through a number of policy measures.”
Among those measures is the news taskforce led by the Australian Federal Police and law enforcement and security agencies.
“It will look at the historic complaints that have been made since October 7 last year, in relation to doxing matters and in relation to blatant acts of discrimination, racism online and threats that have been made to people of Jewish faith in our country,” he said.
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