We con­grat­u­late Anthony Albanese and the ALP on being elected to gov­ern­ment, and welcome his com­mit­ment to bring Aus­trali­ans together.  The ECAJ looks forward to working with the new gov­ern­ment. Whilst we may not always agree with each other, we anti­cip­ate that the rela­tion­ship will always be based on mutual respect.

It looks likely that the Jewish community has lost a number of long-standing friends in the par­lia­ment, such as Josh Fry­den­berg and Dave Sharma, all of them people of great talent, potential future leaders who are moderate in outlook and in tune with the times.  Hopefully, their talents will not be lost to us for long, and they will be able to find a pathway back into the par­lia­ment.

We con­grat­u­late all of the can­did­ates who succeeded in being elected for the first time.  We will reach out to each of them with whom we have not already estab­lished a rela­tion­ship and look forward to working with them to ensure that they under­stand and are sensitive to the concerns of the Jewish community.