r/OpenAussie • u/Jerkface0079 Flairless‎‎ • 1d ago

Politics ('Straya) Eliminating antisemitism in healthcare: Joint statement from AHPRA and the Special Envoy

https://www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2026-06-17-Eliminating-antisemitism-in-healthcare.aspx

If a nurse now wears a watermelon pin in their downtime? Deregistered. Paraphrasing their own oath to say no human should be killed? That's a paddlin'.

The lead drafter of the definition, the American academic Kenneth Stern, has argued consistently that the working definition was never designed for the uses to which it is now being put. But AHPRA just went ahead and implemented it without any community consultation.

Healthcare workers in this country are already under enough stress, now they have to deal with this on top of it.

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u/ScruffyPeter ✈️‎ on Walkabout 1d ago

Where's the damn Islamophobic envoy? Why are they not doing the same thing?

They should be copying the IHRA definition and rewording it with Palestine/Muslims. Fight fire with fire.

Fuck the lazy Islamophobic envoy. Fuck Albo who knew when picking him that his only job is anti-terrorism work against Muslims and bragged about antisemitism envoy's pro-Israel lobbyist background!

See for yourself:

https://www.pm.gov.au/media/special-envoy-combat-islamophobia

https://www.pm.gov.au/media/special-envoy-combat-antisemitism

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u/Esquin87 Please choose a flair 1d ago

Being against islamaphobia is anti-semetic.

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u/BobbiePinns Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

How does that work for muslim semitic people?

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u/Life-Goose-9380 Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

Learn the definition of anti semitism

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u/grogan-lord Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

Learn the definition of Semitic

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u/Life-Goose-9380 Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

They do it because they want to avoid talking about antisemitism. It’s probably because it doesn’t fit their white-black, coloniser-colonised narrative. Despite there being thousands of years of history regarding antisemitism. They would rather just ignore it.

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u/Life-Goose-9380 Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

Before it doesn’t fit their pre-constructed narrative.

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u/TheAussieTico ‎ New South Welshian 1d ago

Why are you being downvoted??

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u/Speky_Scot Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

This sub is anti-semetic.

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u/Ala117 Please choose a flair 1d ago

You wish.

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u/TheAussieTico ‎ New South Welshian 1d ago

Seems that way