Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — whose family bankrolls far-right political lobby group “Advance” — has misled the Senate over her failure to denounce last month’s NSW Parliament House neo-Nazi rally.

Segal said, she had conveyed her “condemnation” to those media outlets “who approached me”.This is false. The Klaxon approached Segal and her office on November 9, in writing, expressly asking: “As Australia’s Antisemitism Envoy, do you denounce the neo-Nazi rally at the weekend?” We received no response.

As previously reported, Segal’s family trust was the tied-second biggest funder of [far-right group] Advance in 2023-24 — the latest data — giving it $50,000 in the year.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago

It's refreshing when an article can just write:

This is false.

, and then, of course, prove it.

In fact, highly recommend reading the article. It's a simple, firm breakdown of Segal's job requirements and proof that they are not being fulfilled.

I'm glad to hear the Senate is actually asking about this blatant, public misuse of office. It would be trivially easy for Segal to have just pretended to do the job and put out a statement against the literal, self-declared neo-Nazis making public speeches at their March for Australia events. And even simpler to score an easy win to denounce the high-profile neo-Nazi flash mob explicitly targeting Jewish people. But the message is loud and clear - Jillian Segal's job isn't to combat antisemitism.

Segal is paid over $1,000 a day in a position costing taxpayers over $1 million a year.