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Australian Royal Commission To Hear Evidence On Hate Crimes

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A Royal Commission will investigate racism and social cohesion to ensure public safety and freedom. The commission is examining circumstances surrounding an attack that occurred on December 14. The proceedings aim to investigate anti-Semitism and social cohesion in Australia. The commission is investigating social cohesion and anti-Semitic incidents. The hearings will focus on the nature of anti-Semitism and its impacts on Jewish Australians. A dozen people, including individuals with lived experience of anti-Semitism, are scheduled to give evidence on the first day. Jewish leaders described the inquiry as the most national examination of anti-Semitism in Australia's history. The proceedings will also examine methods for monitoring and reporting anti-Semitism. A Royal Commission is set to hear evidence regarding rising hatred and potential terrorist threats within the community.

A Royal Commission will investigate racism and social cohesion to ensure public safety and freedom. The commission is examining circumstances surrounding an attack that occurred on December 14. The proceedings aim to investigate anti-Semitism and social cohesion in Australia. The commission is investigating social cohesion and anti-Semitic incidents. The hearings will focus on the nature of anti-Semitism and its impacts on Jewish Australians. A dozen people, including individuals with lived experience of anti-Semitism, are scheduled to give evidence on the first day. Jewish leaders described the inquiry as the most national examination of anti-Semitism in Australia's history. The proceedings will also examine methods for monitoring and reporting anti-Semitism. A Royal Commission is set to hear evidence regarding rising hatred and potential terrorist threats within the community. Alex Rivchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, is scheduled to testify after warning in December that lives were at risk. Rabbi Ben Elton, Chief Minister of the Great Synagogue and the CBD, is also listed as a witness. Senator Price has called for action over rhetoric regarding these community safety concerns.

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Royal Commission racism social cohesion

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ABC NewsRadio AU

“The Royal Commission will obviously be looking at this. It's focused on anti-Semitism, but it also is we'll be looking at social cohesion more broadly, ensuring that everyone can be safe and be free to live their lives in peace.”

2GB Sydney

“the Royal Commission has decided it's okay to release a statement from Home Affairs, intimating the NSW police was reluctant to share intelligence. Where's the procedural fairness in that?”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“is calling for urgent gun reform after an interim report from the Royal Commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. The report has made 14 recommendations.”

ABC Radio Sydney

“The prevalence of anti-Semitism in Australia will go under the microscope today when the Royal Commission begins public hearings in Sydney.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“We do start first though in Sydney, the first public hearings for the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion will begin in Sydney.”

ABC Radio Sydney

“The first public hearing block set to run for two weeks will focus on the nature of anti-Semitism and its impacts on Jewish Australians.”

2GB Sydney

“The co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jury, Alex Rivchin, he'll give evidence after warning in the lead-up to December 14 that someone would die unless we did something to stop the hate.”

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