How to be an informed voter

Many of you are asking us how you should vote. Australia’s antisemitism crisis is 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 are working in a couple of ways to help you make an informed decision based on where parties and candidates stand on these issues:

  • First, we are partnering with local Jewish community organisations to hold federal election forums — more details below — in the electorates covering the largest Jewish communities.
  • Second, we have also written to leading parties and candidates in key seats asking them about their views on issues we advocate on and we will be publishing the responses here ahead of the election. 

We encourage you to use these opportunities to know where parties and candidates stand on the issues affecting us and cast an informed vote.

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

Candidate responses to our federal election survey

Responses from leading candidates in electorates with large Jewish constituencies

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:

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