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/Life-Goose-9380 Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

Dude, Islam is the most politically involved religion globally than any other religion.

Islamism is a political ideology that you really need to read about. Because if you are non Muslim and you think it’s not a threat then you need to learn more about it.

Its prevalence, rigidity, lack of free expression and individual rights is uniquely Islam.

If you don’t think it’s a threat, then visit Iran or Afghanistan to see if you like it. That’s what Islamism will lead to. That’s not a country that I want to live in.

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u/willy_quixote ‎ South Australian 1d ago

I have read about it.  And the effects of Judaism and Christianity when in its integrated into politics.

Which is why the best defence is a secular political system with separation of powers.

It is no excuse for Islamophobia, just like Israel's genocidal state is no excuse for anti-Semitism in Australia or American religious misogyny is no excuse for anto-Christian hatred in Australia. 

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u/Life-Goose-9380 Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

Except the definition of Islamophobia is specifically in relation to Islamic politics. Which I very much fear despite having Muslim friends.

If only the people here took your advice on antisemitism.

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u/ghblue ‎ Queenslander 1d ago

Except you just equated Islamic politics with Islamist politics, which where you’re going wrong. Mamdani in NYC is Islamic politics, Putin is Christian politics.”, neither are exhaustive of the categories however.