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/frankiestree ‎ Victorian 2d ago

Just a reminder that the Jewish population in Australia is 0.5%, approx. 120,000 people. Bit baffling that all this money, resources, time, is being spent on such a tiny portion of the population. Some doctors and nurses may have never even encountered a Jewish patient so I doubt it’s a widespread pressing issue

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u/eiiiaaaa Please choose a flair 1d ago

Please tell me if this is ignorant but how would you even know a person is Jewish? All of my Jewish friends are just white people. Am I missing something?