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Australia's envoy to combat antisemitism is proposing extra visa review measures and bans on face coverings to tackle the evolving threat of anti-Jewish hate. It's among dozens of suggestions in a new road map report which accuses progressive groups of normalising antisemitism.

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00:02Ten months on from the Bondi terror attack, the battle against anti-Semitism continues to evolve.
00:08Anti-Semitism and all hatred keeps morphing and changing.
00:13Special Envoy Gillian Siegel has singled out progressive anti-Semitism as the most pervasive threat Jewish people face.
00:20It occupies middle Australia in many cases, many institutions.
00:24It's being seen as, you know, quite acceptable. It's got an acceptable face to it.
00:29And we need to understand that that still is anti-Semitism.
00:33The updated roadmap proposes dozens of measures, including a ban on face coverings at protests, extra measures to review visas,
00:41funding cuts to organisations that engage in anti-Semitism, as well as an independent watchdog to oversee the ABC and
00:48SBS.
00:48All ideas the peak Jewish body supports.
00:51You've got a thoughtful piece of work here, which isn't asking too much.
00:55It's calling for better education and awareness and spending of public funds.
00:58That's the minimum we should demand as a society.
01:00And I hope the government will look at this and say they back it fully and call upon institutions to
01:05implement it as well.
01:07But some argue the scourge of far-right anti-Semitism has been overlooked.
01:12Where is the focus on that that is out there openly in our community?
01:15That is a hateful response that I would have thought would be front and centre of the response and report
01:22from the envoy.
01:22In less than two months, the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion will deliver its final report and
01:28recommendations.
01:30Just days before then, commemorations will be held, marking one year since the tragedy at Bondi.
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