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- Comment on Terrorism ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful by [UK] High Court 1 day ago:
Coverage by the Guardian: theguardian.com/…/uk-ban-palestine-action-unlawfu…
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- This is not 'social cohesion' – it's just a tighter net to trap us all | Amy Remeikiswww.thenewdaily.com.au ↗Submitted 2 days ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Family of Australian aid worker killed in Gaza say Isaac Herzog still has questions to answerwww.sbs.com.au ↗Submitted 3 days ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- Minns invokes special powers for NSW police to restrict protests during Israeli president’s visitwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- Newcastle Writers Festival invites Randa Abdel-Fattah amid questions over funding [DE-PAYWALLED LINK IN POST]www.smh.com.au ↗Submitted 1 week ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on NSW Government Firmly Rejects Liberals' Call To Review Mardi Gras Funding 1 week ago:
The ABC article might give some clues to what he’s on about: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/…/106309430
One of the motions called for a boycott of organisations materially funding US President Donald Trump in response to the roll-back of transgender rights in the United States.
They have since spearheaded campaigns to ban NSW Police from marching in the parade, pushed to prohibit corporate sponsors and floats, and for Mardi Gras to adopt explicitly political stances regarding trans rights and Palestinian liberation, among others.
- Australian universities to be graded on how well they deal with protests under antisemitism report cardwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 7 comments
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- Comment on Nationwide protests planned as details of Israeli President’s visit to Australia revealed: ‘We will flood the streets’ 1 week ago:
One bonus thing; Do you have a list of international entities? Most of the ones you gave me are in Australia. I think it’s more effective if my money doesn’t stay in Australia to help. Otherwise part of it goes to help, and part to kill more.
That’s a tricky one. If your goal is to avoid money going into the economies of the enabler countries - mainly rich/developed countries - a lot of international aid groups are based in those countries.
There’s international organisations that have country-based branches, though, so an option you might be happy with is donating to, say, the Brazilian branch of Médecins Sans Frontières, or of the Red Cross/Red Crescent. Even then, some of the money might flow back to supporting the head office in the US/Europe, I’m not sure. There’s probably organisations entirely based outside enabler countries, I just don’t know about them.
As you say, though, we need political change in the enabler countries, and that requires spending money in those countries to do lobbying and public education.
One thing I should probably have mentioned in my previous comment is the BDS movement. Boycotting is a direct way that public opinion can be converted into material effects. There’s the priority targeted boycotts (bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott), but if you want to, you can also get extremely granular and use barcode-scanning apps in your grocery shopping (bdsmovement.net/BDS-Has-Partnered-With-Boycat-App).
- Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 Palestinians in one of deadliest days since ceasefirewww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 1 week ago to worldnews@aussie.zone | 4 comments
- The muted response to the Perth bombing exposes a pattern of national indifference [FULL TEXT IN POST]www.crikey.com.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on Nationwide protests planned as details of Israeli President’s visit to Australia revealed: ‘We will flood the streets’ 2 weeks ago:
Who should I donate to? I sent you a private message ages ago about that.
Sorry! Either I totally missed that, or wanted to have a think about it and forgot to get back to you, like I almost did with this one, haha
Political/Protest/Advocacy
If you’re looking for where to donate to help create political change, APAN is the peak body for Palestine advocacy in Australia. They do direct lobbying of politicians, media, advertising campaigns, free poster designs, etc. You can make a one-off donation, or set up a monthly donation (or become a paying member): apan.org.au
Unfortunately, donations to APAN are not tax deductible. It’d be nice if they were, because then a) you can afford to donate more because you’ll get some back on your tax return, and b) you can take some satisfaction in reducing the amount of tax you pay that our government uses to buy things from weapons manufacturers. Unfortunately, I think most groups that come under political lobbying and advocacy - at least for Palestine solely - aren’t going to be ‘Deductible Gift Recipients’ (DGRs).
Palestine Justice Movement Sydney is another political group (but also not a DGR): palestinejusticemovement.org.au
Free Palestine Printing give out free signs at protests, and they accept donations, so that’s a way you can help contribute to the protests even if you can’t get to them yourself. Again, they’re not a DGR, but they’re “100% volunteer-run and entirely not-for-profit”: freepalestineprinting.com
There’s obviously a bunch of local protest groups, you may find some that accept donations. Again, though, they won’t be DGRs (many won’t have any kind of formal structure at all).
The Australian Centre for International Justice has done a lot of good work on Palestine-related issues (most recently demanding an investigation of Herzog), but they work on human rights generally. Because of their wider scope, they are an endorsed DGR: acij.org.au
Direct Aid
There’s a whole lot of groups providing direct assistance to Palestinians. While we need to address the root causes of the problem through political change, I can also understand a lot of people prefer to focus on direct help to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian people right now. Most of these groups are endorsed DGRs.
Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association (PANZMA) provides medical aid, including medical missions, to Gaza: panzma.org
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) also provides medical aid to Palestine, with a focus on children: www.pcrf.net/australia
Olive Kids provides support to programs for children in Palestine: olivekids.org.au
Union Aid Abroad (APHEDA) has a specific fund for their work in Gaza: …raiselysite.com
Palestine Australia Relief and Action (PARA) helps Palestinians get to Australia and get settled in: para.org.au
I don’t want to do activism anymore. I did a lot before and that just affected me.
That’s fair enough, I get that it can be exhausting. Being around like-minded people does help me feel a bit more sane, though, when so many people are indifferent, or outright hostile, about the issue.
I’m old enough to know that nothing will ever change, it never did. Things just change hands some times.
We can’t win unless we fight, and sometimes it’s going to take a long time. I think there has been so much progress in public perception of Israel, though, in Australia and worldwide.
This stuff frustrates me a lot.
You and me both!
- Comment on Nationwide protests planned as details of Israeli President’s visit to Australia revealed: ‘We will flood the streets’ 2 weeks ago:
Shouldn’t it be before he arrives?
There are also protests before he arrives, demanding his invitation be cancelled, that have been announced in Melbourne and Sydney.
But announcing big protests for when Herzog arrives is intended in part to incentivise the government to cancel the visit, though I don’t think they’ll be dissuaded.
I wish there was something practical I can do other than just leaving the country.
There’s advocacy and activist groups who would love any help you can give, including donations.
Living here I’m part of the problem.
You can look at it the opposite way. That our government and industries are contributing to the problem means that we are capable of making a difference through our activism in this country.
- Comment on Nationwide protests planned as details of Israeli President’s visit to Australia revealed: ‘We will flood the streets’ 2 weeks ago:
I doubt 7news will show time and places. Any link for that?
The Green Left website has filterable listings where you can often find activist events like this: www.greenleft.org.au/events?start_date=2026-02-09…
Their listings for this nationwide protest are currently incomplete, though, with listings for only 4 of 9 announced cities: Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth. The national poster also lists Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, Cairns and Townsville.
So if you’re not in one of the cities you’ll need to find your local event/group yourself and check their channels, or I suppose wait for a listing to go up on Green Left.
- Nationwide protests planned as details of Israeli President’s visit to Australia revealed: ‘We will flood the streets’7news.com.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 17 comments
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- Labor’s hate speech laws set to pass as Ley and Albanese cut deal on bill crafted in wake of Bondi terror attackwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 5 comments
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- Comment on One Nation overtakes Coalition in major new poll 3 weeks ago:
It’s a neo-nazi site: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/…/105159556
- Comment on One Nation overtakes Coalition in major new poll 3 weeks ago:
The Noticer is a Nazi news site
- Comment on Liberal election autopsy delayed after Dutton suggests report defamatory 3 weeks ago:
That bad, huh?
- Labor separates gun control laws from hate speech reforms after bill turned down by Coalition and Greenswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 2 comments
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- Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy around [cancellation of] author Randa Abdel-Fattahwww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- Louise Adler: I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Weekwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on 'Get out of Minneapolis': Mayor's fury after ICE agent shoots and kills woman 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s in the article, and the summary, in censored form, but I guess they have editorial guidelines against profanities in headlines, so they’ve paraphrased without it there.
- Comment on Iran plunged into internet blackout as protests over economy spread nationwide 5 weeks ago:
Who?
- Comment on Palestinian Australian author dropped from writers' festival after Bondi 5 weeks ago:
Well they haven’t been able to do it “quietly”. They’ve lost at least 24 speakers so far, and a sponsor: theguardian.com/…/adelaide-festival-boycott-pro-p…
