NEW: The escalating crackdown on dissenting thought and opinion is taking Australia down a dark road, writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.deepcutnews.com/p/from-charl...

NEW: Police failed to monitor neo-Nazi groups or investigate abuse at recent right-wing rallies, legal observer groups have found www.deepcutnews.com/p/police-fai...

NEW: A Wollongong man recounts his return to Al-Khiam, his ancestral village in south Lebanon, shattered by war and struggling to heal. www.deepcutnews.com/p/i-returned...

NEW: Australia’s state institutions weren’t designed to protect us – they were built to protect capital, writes Max Chandler-Mather www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-system...

NEW: Eastern Suburbs business owners say they've been subjected to months of vandalism, intimidation and abuse for supporting Palestine www.deepcutnews.com/p/bondis-for...

NEW: Governments, media outlets and creative institutions are silencing Palestinian voices in service of an extremist Israeli agenda, warns awqrd-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein www.deepcutnews.com/p/antisemiti...

Excited to announce the debut of our new guest contributor Max Chandler-Mather this week!

NEW: Displaying a watermelon in solidarity with Palestinians has been flagged as an antisemitic visual symbol at a pro-Israel summit on the Gold Coast. www.deepcutnews.com/p/watermelon...

NEW: Camp Sovereignty and anti-Zionist Jewish organisations have hit out at politicians, the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism and Zionist groups for failing to adequately respond to white supremacist extremism after the March for Australia rallies. www.deepcutnews.com/p/neo-nazis-...

NEW: The Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, which begins today, is being run by a right-wing US lobby group with ties to US Republicans and Israeli arms manufacturers, writes Izabella Antoniou. www.deepcutnews.com/p/todays-ant...

NEW: Australia's Future Fund increased its holdings in Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems by 469% in 2024, deepening Australia's financial ties with companies profiting from the Gaza genocide. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social: Allegations that Iran is behind antisemitic attacks in Australia demand further scrutiny – but our media is already treating them as gospel. www.deepcutnews.com/p/asios-sens...

NEW: Australian Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay is facing a chorus of criticism over her decision to participate in an upcoming 'antisemitism summit' organised by pro-Israel groups. deepcutnews.substack.com/p/australian...

EXCLUSIVE: A Sydney factory manufacturing parts of Israeli war planes has been damaged by pro-Palestine activists, potentially putting the facility out of commission. www.deepcutnews.com/p/sydney-man...

NEW: The newly formed Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas says Australia is "witnessing the quiet erasure of an entire community’s right to speak, imagine and belong". www.deepcutnews.com/p/new-arab-a...

NEW: A Palestinian journalist weighs up her two duties – a mother striving to keep her children alive, and a journalist determined to tell the truth www.deepcutnews.com/p/dispatch-f...

NEW: The federal government has refused to release details of billions in payments it is sending to the Trump administration to help the US boost its own naval shipyards. www.deepcutnews.com/p/australia-...

On Sunday, The Age commissioned an opinion piece from Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah - only to decline publishing it after it was submitted. Thanks to Randa for letting us publish it here. www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...

EXCLUSIVE: A pro-Israel lobby group pressured La Trobe University and the Bendigo Writers Festival to drop Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from the festival's lineup. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

Excited to announce @danielhurst.bsky.social will be joining Deepcut from this week as a guest contributor!

Things have gone from bad to worse for the Bendigo Writers Festival, with more than a third of the lineup pulling out over concerns the event is restricting criticism of Israel www.deepcutnews.com/p/anti-censo...

NEW: More than half a dozen prominent authors have pulled out of the Bendigo Writers Festival after being told to sign a code of conduct that would inhibit criticism of Israel. www.deepcutnews.com/p/authors-wi...

NEW: Gaza Freedom Flotilla @freedomflotilla.bsky.social activist Tan Safi says Israeli soldiers assaulted, strip searched and humiliated volunteers from the Handala aid ship www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...

NEW: The editor of the Weekend Australian Magazine has been accused of "sanitising authoritarianism" and "weaponising Jewish trauma" after seemingly evoking the Nazis in posts about the Sydney Palestine march www.deepcutnews.com/p/news-corp-...

The massive pro-Palestine marches on the weekend went ahead in the face of opposition from Labor governments in two states. Frank Bongirno at ANU says Labor has a history of "using the coercive powers of the state to suppress protest and dissent". www.deepcutnews.com/p/does-labor...

EXCLUSIVE: Former @GetUp head Simon Sheikh privately warned the organisation not to campaign on Gaza to avoid "alienating" donors with Israeli or Jewish family heritage www.deepcutnews.com/p/getup-told...

NEW: Mental health nonprofit Neami National has banned staff from displaying solidarity with Palestinians www.deepcutnews.com/p/neami-nati...

NEW: A SafeWork NSW inspector accused University of Sydney students and staff of 'antisemitic political activism' for supporting Palestine in a leaked report www.deepcutnews.com/p/safework-n...

Legal Aid NSW has banned staff from speaking about Israel and Palestine at work, triggering a backlash from staff who accuse the organisation of "structural racism". www.deepcutnews.com/p/legal-aid-...

NEW: Nearly 1/3 of Australian gas sent to Japan is being resold to third countries. Japanese firms made $1bn in profit in 2024 doing this, while paying almost nothing in tax. www.deepcutnews.com/p/japanese-f...

NEW: Transport for NSW is threatening to deregister a Sydney man's car unless he turns in his 'FU2IDF' numberplates www.deepcutnews.com/p/transport-...

The Victorian government's new 'anti-hate' taskforce has excluded non-Zionist Jewish groups like the Jewish Council of Australia, despite the JCA requesting to be included. More here: www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...

New: Two landmark court rulings in the past two weeks may mark a turning point in protecting criticism of Israel and Zionism in Australia. www.deepcutnews.com/p/landmark-c...

EXCLUSIVE: UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social has weighed in on the Hannah Thomas case, criticising "draconian laws" that restrict the right to protest www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

NEW: A woman has been hospitalised with a severe eye injury after a pro-Palestine protest outside a western Sydney manufacturer was met with a show of force from NSW Police. More here: www.deepcutnews.com/p/help-me-pe...

New: Labor is undermining international law and Australia's interests by backing US strikes on Iran, according to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social and @emmashortis.bsky.social of @australiainstitute.org.au www.deepcutnews.com/p/australias...

New: A senior official at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations told an anti-poverty campaigner her 'Free Palestine' sign "may cause someone distress" www.deepcutnews.com/p/free-pales...

ABC's coverage has significantly privileged Israeli perspectives over Palestinian voices, data shows. We deserve better from our national broadcaster. Important work from @deepcutnews.bsky.social ⤵️

Exclusive: Analysis of ABC articles since October 2023 by Deepcut and Newscord shows consistent bias toward Israeli perspectives over Palestinian ones. The ABC cited Israeli sources 53% more often than Palestinian sources, and used humanising language for Israelis far more often.

New: A western Sydney man has vowed to pursue accountability for off-duty NSW Police officers who he alleges shouted "Allahu Akbar! Boom!" and "Hezbollah!" following a neighbourhood dispute, after a police investigation found "no evidence of misconduct".

New: A Jetstar employee allegedly used the airline's staff travel discount to fly from Melbourne to Israel so she could volunteer in the IDF

New: An interview with @1KarenWyld, who has vowed to "keep speaking up" about Palestine after being stripped of the @slqld State Library of Queensland's prestigious black&write! fellowship.

In a campaign dominated by cost-of-living fears, the Greens’ Gaza stance didn’t repel voters — it redefined who their voters could be.

Exclusive: GetUp!'s board blocked the organisation from campaigning on Palestine, according to a staff member. In February, staff also passed a motion of no confidence in board Chair Glen Berman and deputy Stephen Monk. More here: www.deepcutnews.com/p/getup-in-c...

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