Research & questions
Research into political influence, public power and accountability in Australia.
5 articles in the collection
Influence & Narratives / War & Accountability
Radical Zionist policies gain protection when their ministers are spared consequences and protest platforms are removed. Australian defences of Israel should be judged by the political programme they would shield, as well as the intentions they profess.
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War & Accountability
Four investigations, two by Israeli human-rights organisations and one by a UN commission, have concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Their case joins the destruction of what a population needs to survive to statements by Israel’s leaders. The ICJ has not yet delivered a final genocide judgment in South Africa’s case, which is a reason to examine the evidence, not to dismiss it.
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Influence & Narratives / Civil Liberties
Jillian Segal's plan brings political pressure, regulation and funding conditions to bear across universities, the arts and public institutions. Its most insidious risk is soft suppression: lawful criticism of Israel becoming too costly to host, fund or voice.
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Zionism & History / War & Accountability
Land designations, planning rules, infrastructure and transfers of governing power can make a supposedly temporary occupation steadily harder to end. The West Bank shows how those mechanisms work together, and why counting houses cannot measure them.
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State & Territory / Influence & Narratives / Chris Minns / Protest rights
Chris Minns thanked a pro-Israel community leader for his guidance and called a Palestine protest organiser a "professional dissident". Twice, courts found his government's protest restrictions went too far. The Premier owes an account of whose advice he weighs, and why.
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