A plan of action from the Sky Antisemitism Summit, held on 20 February 2025.

ECAJ co-CEO Alex Ryvchin presented the 15-point Plan of Action to defeat antisemitism in Australia at the con­clu­sion of the Sky Antisemitism Summit:

National Security

1. The federal gov­ern­ment should declare the existence of a National Emergency and establish a Joint Counter-Terrorism Taskforce led by a single minister to coordin­ate and mobilise all relevant agencies in the fight against antisemitic terror before we have a major terror attack in this country.

2. Uniform policing guidelines should be estab­lished, and intel­li­gence and law enforce­ment should be trained in under­stand­ing what antisemitism is and how it is expressed so they can identify and prosecute those who commit crimes. This training can be extended to the legal and health pro­fes­sions, and others as necessary.

Education

3. Antisemitism education should be included within the national cur­riculum.

4. A public awareness and advert­ising campaign to debunk the ideology of antisemitism and undermine its appeal, par­tic­u­larly directed at young audiences.

Universities

5. There should be a national ban on encamp­ments; the dis­rup­tion of lectures by student pro­test­ers; and external organ­isa­tions or indi­vidu­als orches­trat­ing campus protest activ­it­ies.

6. A judicial inquiry into antisemitism at Aus­trali­an uni­ver­sit­ies, which should include the invest­ig­a­tion of foreign funding of student protests.

7. Uni­ver­sit­ies must disclose all sources of funding from foreign gov­ern­ments and found­a­tions with links to foreign gov­ern­ments or to listed terrorist organ­isa­tions.

8. There needs to be legis­la­tion to overcome restric­tions on dis­cip­lin­ary action against academics who support violence or vilify students.

Preachers and charities spreading hate

9. Religious and other char­it­able insti­tu­tions should have their charity status and all funding revoked if they promote racism – including antisemitism – or display terrorist symbols.

10. Greater scrutiny of the sources and use of funds admin­istered by charities to ensure that they are not used to support terrorism or carry out activ­it­ies outside of their char­it­able purpose.

Migration Act and Citizenship

11. Immig­ra­tion officers must be trained to recognise antisemitism and to assess whether applic­ants have promoted antisemitism which would dis­qual­i­fy them under the character test. This is par­tic­u­larly relevant for those seeking entry from places with pervasive antisemitic education.

12. The Migration Act should be enforced or, if necessary, amended so that antisemitic conduct is grounds to refuse a new visa or cancel an existing visa.

Social media

13. Intro­duc­tion of Algorithms Reg­u­la­tion legis­la­tion as a national security Counter Foreign Inter­fer­ence priority. This legis­la­tion would target hostile dic­tat­or­ships.

Cultural institutions

14. Gov­ern­ment grants to festivals and indi­vidu­als should come with a condition that the recipient does not spread racism and that grants can be revoked.

15. There must be a balance of rep­res­ent­a­tion on literary and cultural festival boards and among senior staff respons­ible for pro­gram­ming choices.