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The Long-Read Essay: When dissent becomes a crime
Thursday, 22 January, 2026
In this long-read episode, we revisit Australia’s anti-Semitism report from July 2025 and the growing politics of fear surrounding protest, free speech, and criticisms of Israel. As new federal anti-hate and anti-Semitism laws are rushed through parliament following the Bondi attacks and high-profile incidents in Melbourne, this episode asks whether these measures are genuinely about protecting communities or about silencing dissent. We explore the Segal report, the proposed adoption of the IHRA definition, and the conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, drawing on recent Federal Court rulings to challenge media narratives, selective outrage, and the expansion of police powers. With Gaza at the centre of global protest over war crimes and genocide, this episode argues that criminalising political speech, protest, and solidarity with Palestinians undermines democracy itself – because opposing apartheid, state violence, and genocide is not hate, but an act of political conscience. #AUSPOLSupport New Politics: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/newpolitics Substack: https://newpolitics.substack.comSong listing: ‘La Femme d’Argent’, AIR.
