Many of you are asked us how you should vote. Australia’s antisemitism crisis was an election issue, perhaps the election issue, for our community.

We cannot tell you who to vote for. ECAJ is non-partisan. We advocate for the Jewish community and its interests, and we have to work with a range of parties and politi­cians to do that effect­ively.

While we do not endorse parties and can­did­ates, we do have firm views on issues important to our community. Our full policy platform is on our website.

We worked in a couple of ways to help you make an informed decision based on where parties and can­did­ates stand on these issues:

  • First, we partnered with local Jewish community organ­isa­tions to hold federal election forums — see below for record­ings — in the elect­or­ates covering the largest Jewish com­munit­ies.
  • Second, we wrote to leading parties and can­did­ates in key seats asking them about their views on issues we advocate on and we have published the responses here

Federal election survey

In the interests of ensuring that our community is properly informed and engaged in the political process we asked the leaders of the Aus­trali­an Labor Party, and the Coalition, as well as other leading can­did­ates in elect­or­ates with large Jewish con­stitu­en­cies, to state their positions on matters of specific concern to Jewish Aus­trali­ans.

Party responses to our federal election survey

Responses from the Aus­trali­an Labor Party and the Coalition

Bradfield candidate responses to our federal election survey

Responses from can­did­ates in Bradfield

Goldstein candidate responses to our federal election survey

Responses from can­did­ates in Goldstein

Kingsford-Smith candidate responses to our federal election survey

Responses from can­did­ates in Kingsford-Smith

Macnamara candidate responses to our federal election survey

Responses from can­did­ates in Macnamara

Wentworth candidate responses to our federal election survey

Responses from can­did­ates in Wentworth

Federal election forums

We partnered with local Jewish community organ­isa­tions to hold federal election forums in the elect­or­ates covering the largest Jewish com­munit­ies. View details of upcoming forums or record­ings of past ones below:

No recording is available of the Kooyong Jewish community can­did­ates’ forum.

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