Southern Metropolitan Region
John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:43): (383) My question is for the Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the other place, Minister Brooks. I am proud to be a member of a government that is funding a $3 million campaign to fight antisemitism. Two weeks ago I watched a 7.30 report on the ABC: one in five Jewish students avoid university due to antisemitism, and more than two-thirds of Jewish students surveyed have experienced antisemitism. On Thursday afternoon in this building I will be speaking to the Australasian Union of Jewish Students about political engagement, and my message to them will be simply this: never stop fighting. Well done to Alissa Foster, Zac Morris, Paris Enten, Noah Loven and the team at AUJS for their tireless advocacy. With the Andrews Labor government adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of ‘antisemitism’, I call on the universities to do the same. My question is: can the minister provide my community an update on the campaign to combat antisemitism?