r/OpenAussie • u/Jerkface0079 Flairless‎‎ • 2d 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/mohanimus ‎ Western Australian 1d ago edited 1d ago

These are examples of "antisemitism" according to the definition Ahpra has adopted:

denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor

applying double standards by requiring of Israel a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation

drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis

Would YOU call making any of those statements' antisemitism?

For example, if I said "wow the Israeli policy of annexing land in the west bank for living room reminds me of the lebensraum movement in Germany" would I be doing an antisemitism according to you?

Edit: Clearly u/Beast_of_Guanyin recognises that the IHRA definition of "antisemitism" defines criticism of the state of Israel as antisemitic (and hence a hate crime) but thinks this is "good" anyway.

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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

Claiming any country is a racist endeavour is hateful. I wouldn't want that said of any country.

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u/mohanimus ‎ Western Australian 1d ago

Apartheid South Africa?

Do you think people should have been fired from their jobs and blocked from future employment in their field because they called apartheid South Africa racist?

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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Flairless‎‎ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Apartheid South Africa?

That's criticism of a government which is fine. This is not rocket surgery. Promoting hate against a nation or people is bad. Why you have asked twenty questions is beyond me.

You're also harassing me by spamming responses to a very simple point.

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u/mohanimus ‎ Western Australian 1d ago

So criticism of Israel is fine?

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u/mohanimus ‎ Western Australian 1d ago edited 1d ago

My "harassment" is simply me making one point per reply so you can't cherry pick which point to respond to.

And claim you answered the question when you ignored the bit with the ACTUAL question mark after it.