00:00I was reassured this morning to see an increased police presence that's what
00:06was needed in the immediate term and now we need both short and long-term
00:09measures to protect the safety of all Australian citizens. I think there has to
00:14be proper security funding, there has to be an appropriate allocation of police
00:17resources, there has to be education and there has to be if necessary changes to the legal
00:22framework so the people know that if they are involved in any of this sort of
00:27activity they'll be punished appropriately and perhaps above all the rhetoric that
00:31comes from all people in the positions of responsibility needs to make it clear
00:35there's actually absolutely zero tolerance. This is anti-semitism, this is
00:40racism and any violent actions or in some violent actions will not be
00:44tolerated. I think there's been a lag and there's been a misunderstanding of the
00:48severity of the situation. There's also been an alighting between anti-Israel
00:53activity and anti-semitic activity. What we saw on the streets of Melbourne and
00:58Sydney was not anti-Israel, it was quite clearly anti-semitic, it was targeting
01:01Jewish areas and Jewish facilities. That's anti-semitism and trying to
01:06suggest that it's merely anti-Israel protest is ignoring what's a very deep
01:11and troubling problem for us all. We have certainly moved from having isolated
01:16incidents as bad as they are in their own right and now we're moving towards a
01:20very horrific trend. Two attacks in Wallara, a bombing of a synagogue, can you
01:27imagine such a thing to take place? A synagogue being burnt out by those who
01:32hate the Jewish community. Fires in three places which could have led to
01:37deaths or serious injuries. We're very lucky to escape those terrible
01:41consequences. We've seen a paradigm shift in hostility and
01:47attacks on the Jewish community and the response also requires a paradigm shift.
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