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What do you think AIJAC is?
>In 1998, AIJAC controversially published the far right One Nation party's secret membership list as part of its campaign against far right groups
>lobbying Prime Minister John Howard into disavowing any preference deals with One Nation
>In January 2000, AIJAC strongly campaigned against controversial military historian and Holocaust denier David Irving's tour of Australia
>In December 2000, AIJAC supported the Victorian Government's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act; arguing that free speech had to be balanced with protection from harassment, vilification, incitement to violence, and hate speech
>Following the September 11 attacks, AIJAC supported the United States-led coalition's War on Terror and military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. AIJAC also campaigned in favour of Australian involvement in the Iraq War
>In 2018, AIJAC lodged a complaint against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation regarding an online article which claimed that Hamas was declared a terrorist organisation because of it activities against Israeli "occupation" of Palestine
>In October 2022, AIJAC joined Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton, the Zionist Federation of Australia and Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) in criticising the Albanese government's decision to reverse the Morrison government's recognition of Jerusalem as the Australian Jewish community
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIJAC
Oh no, I would hate to have another nation influencing Aussie politics
