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.