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ASIO chief Mike Burgess has said he has not seen any intelligence to suggest the anti-Semitism crisis is about to decline.
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‘Nothing was done’: PM held to account over anti-Semitism response
‘Nothing was done’: PM held to account over anti-Semitism response
Anthony Albanese has faced a public grilling, fronting an at times hostile TV audience as he battles dismal polling.
Fronting the ABC’s Q+A program, the prime minister had a thorny interaction over his actions to protect the Jewish community amid a spike in anti-Semitic attacks.
A Jewish mother of four asked when she could safely identify her religion in public.
“It is frankly completely unacceptable that a young Jewish person feels like they can’t identify openly or wear their school uniform on public transport around,” Mr Albanese said.
“It’s something that I think is a source of enormous regret.”
But the audience member wasn’t satisfied with his answer, chastising him for not going harder.
“You have to understand we’re a broken community now, we are hurting - you’re our prime minister, you’re our leader, there was hate speech and nothing was done,” she said.
“We’ve suffered because nothing was done.”
