How much more devastation will our government allow? Families, communities, and fundamental rights are being torn apart and shredded before our very eyes. By refusing to sanction Israel, expel its ambassador, halt military trade, or impose travel bans on extremist settlers and those implicated in war crimes, Australia is sending a dangerous message. The message is unmistakable: Australia is granting total impunity to an ally and “dear friend” as Israel commits war crime after war crime. The Australian government is condoning human rights atrocities. It’s failing to protect children. It’s silent on the right to healthcare. It’s neglecting the rights of people with disabilities. It’s undermining press freedom. It’s disregarding freedom of expression. It’s ignoring international law. It’s indifferent to justice. Is this who we want to be? Sanction Israel. Now is the time to act. Contact Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong’s offices today. Demand immediate, meaningful action. Make your voice count! #ceasefire #sanctions #releasehostages #releasedetainees #humanrights #pressfreedom #freespeech #disabilityrights #protectchildren #justice #internationallaw •Model and influencer @thesilverlining_1970 •Broadcaster and author @antoinette_lattouf •Acclaimed pianist @jaysongillham •Lawyer @the_hijabi_lawyer •Medical doctor and author @doctor.preeya.alexander •Comedian @lewgarnham •Lawyer and @jewishcouncil @sarahrschwa •Musician and disability advocate @elizahull
‘Gaza has unleashed a global crisis for free speech’. Listen to the excellent Jen Robinson. Silencing storytellers—whether through violence, sackings, lawsuits, or propaganda—seeks to crush the truth. Fair, factual and free speech is being targeted. Pianist @jaysongillham and I know this firsthand when we dared to share facts from reputable sources @humanrightswatch and @committeetoprotectjournalists about the unfolding genocide in Gaza. Both of us felt compelled to take legal action against attempts to intimidate and silence us because of the dangerous precedent it sets for our industry peers and for the victims of this ongoing violence. Those seeking to cover up or distract people from war crimes being committed by Israel just so happen to have picked the wrong musician and journalist to target. Our voices grew louder and moral clarity sharpened. But while we face bullying, and loss of work— other storytellers pay the ultimate price: their lives. At @sxswsydney in October this year, the brilliant human rights and international law barrister Jen Robinson delivered a powerful keynote that connected our experiences to a much graver reality—the targeting and killing of journalists by the IDF and its supporters . Jen’s ICC complaint on behalf of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israeli forces in 2022 while wearing a blue press vest, remains unresolved. Shireen’s family still fights for justice. Since her death, over 140 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza. Yet in Australia, these stories are buried. The relentless killing of Palestinian journalists barely make headlines—our front pages instead demonise peaceful protests calling for freedom, justice, human rights, an end to violence and the release of hostages and those unlawfully detained without charges. Because: Objectivity. Impartiality. Independence. Etc etc. But we cannot stay silent. If we have a voice, we have a duty to use it for those robbed of theirs. @suigenerisjen
Forget the Rich List, I made the Top 10 Shitstirrer’s list for 2024, @crikey.news is recognising the biggest nuisances to powerful people. “After being unceremoniously dumped by the ABC, Antoinette Lattouf refused to go quietly. Instead, she embraced her role as a national symbol for the people calling out the influence of pro-Israel lobbies on Australian media, the announcement noted. My first reaction to coming in at #5, is that I’m terrified to tell my mother I didn’t make top three. Below is my acceptance speech in full: I’ve survived the last year, so that’s something. If I were an Arab journalist “stirring the pot” about war crimes in Gaza and reporting from the Middle East instead of Sydney, there’s a good chance I’d have been taken out by the IDF like 140 Palestinian journalist in the past 14 months. So, let’s raise a glass to the fact that I haven’t been snipered and somehow made it onto this list. Sure, the pro-Israel lobbyists tried to career-assassinate me, and the ABC is dabbling in lawfare, but I’d like to think I’ve shown that pushing back against powerful institutions not only holds them accountable—it gives you an even louder voice. I’d also like to thank God and WhatsApp groups (and apologise to my mother. I promise to stir harder next year to make top 3.)
Forget the Rich List, I made the Top 10 Shitstirrer’s list for 2024, @crikey.news is recognising the biggest nuisances to powerful people. “After being unceremoniously dumped by the ABC, Antoinette Lattouf refused to go quietly. Instead, she embraced her role as a national symbol for the people calling out the influence of pro-Israel lobbies on Australian media, the announcement noted. My first reaction to coming in at #5, is that I’m terrified to tell my mother I didn’t make top three. Below is my acceptance speech in full: I’ve survived the last year, so that’s something. If I were an Arab journalist “stirring the pot” about war crimes in Gaza and reporting from the Middle East instead of Sydney, there’s a good chance I’d have been taken out by the IDF like 140 Palestinian journalist in the past 14 months. So, let’s raise a glass to the fact that I haven’t been snipered and somehow made it onto this list. Sure, the pro-Israel lobbyists tried to career-assassinate me, and the ABC is dabbling in lawfare, but I’d like to think I’ve shown that pushing back against powerful institutions not only holds them accountable—it gives you an even louder voice. I’d also like to thank God and WhatsApp groups (and apologise to my mother. I promise to stir harder next year to make top 3.)
Forget the Rich List, I made the Top 10 Shitstirrer’s list for 2024, @crikey.news is recognising the biggest nuisances to powerful people. “After being unceremoniously dumped by the ABC, Antoinette Lattouf refused to go quietly. Instead, she embraced her role as a national symbol for the people calling out the influence of pro-Israel lobbies on Australian media, the announcement noted. My first reaction to coming in at #5, is that I’m terrified to tell my mother I didn’t make top three. Below is my acceptance speech in full: I’ve survived the last year, so that’s something. If I were an Arab journalist “stirring the pot” about war crimes in Gaza and reporting from the Middle East instead of Sydney, there’s a good chance I’d have been taken out by the IDF like 140 Palestinian journalist in the past 14 months. So, let’s raise a glass to the fact that I haven’t been snipered and somehow made it onto this list. Sure, the pro-Israel lobbyists tried to career-assassinate me, and the ABC is dabbling in lawfare, but I’d like to think I’ve shown that pushing back against powerful institutions not only holds them accountable—it gives you an even louder voice. I’d also like to thank God and WhatsApp groups (and apologise to my mother. I promise to stir harder next year to make top 3.)
Forget the Rich List, I made the Top 10 Shitstirrer’s list for 2024, @crikey.news is recognising the biggest nuisances to powerful people. “After being unceremoniously dumped by the ABC, Antoinette Lattouf refused to go quietly. Instead, she embraced her role as a national symbol for the people calling out the influence of pro-Israel lobbies on Australian media, the announcement noted. My first reaction to coming in at #5, is that I’m terrified to tell my mother I didn’t make top three. Below is my acceptance speech in full: I’ve survived the last year, so that’s something. If I were an Arab journalist “stirring the pot” about war crimes in Gaza and reporting from the Middle East instead of Sydney, there’s a good chance I’d have been taken out by the IDF like 140 Palestinian journalist in the past 14 months. So, let’s raise a glass to the fact that I haven’t been snipered and somehow made it onto this list. Sure, the pro-Israel lobbyists tried to career-assassinate me, and the ABC is dabbling in lawfare, but I’d like to think I’ve shown that pushing back against powerful institutions not only holds them accountable—it gives you an even louder voice. I’d also like to thank God and WhatsApp groups (and apologise to my mother. I promise to stir harder next year to make top 3.)
Forget the Rich List, I made the Top 10 Shitstirrer’s list for 2024, @crikey.news is recognising the biggest nuisances to powerful people. “After being unceremoniously dumped by the ABC, Antoinette Lattouf refused to go quietly. Instead, she embraced her role as a national symbol for the people calling out the influence of pro-Israel lobbies on Australian media, the announcement noted. My first reaction to coming in at #5, is that I’m terrified to tell my mother I didn’t make top three. Below is my acceptance speech in full: I’ve survived the last year, so that’s something. If I were an Arab journalist “stirring the pot” about war crimes in Gaza and reporting from the Middle East instead of Sydney, there’s a good chance I’d have been taken out by the IDF like 140 Palestinian journalist in the past 14 months. So, let’s raise a glass to the fact that I haven’t been snipered and somehow made it onto this list. Sure, the pro-Israel lobbyists tried to career-assassinate me, and the ABC is dabbling in lawfare, but I’d like to think I’ve shown that pushing back against powerful institutions not only holds them accountable—it gives you an even louder voice. I’d also like to thank God and WhatsApp groups (and apologise to my mother. I promise to stir harder next year to make top 3.)
Forget the Rich List, I made the Top 10 Shitstirrer’s list for 2024, @crikey.news is recognising the biggest nuisances to powerful people. “After being unceremoniously dumped by the ABC, Antoinette Lattouf refused to go quietly. Instead, she embraced her role as a national symbol for the people calling out the influence of pro-Israel lobbies on Australian media, the announcement noted. My first reaction to coming in at #5, is that I’m terrified to tell my mother I didn’t make top three. Below is my acceptance speech in full: I’ve survived the last year, so that’s something. If I were an Arab journalist “stirring the pot” about war crimes in Gaza and reporting from the Middle East instead of Sydney, there’s a good chance I’d have been taken out by the IDF like 140 Palestinian journalist in the past 14 months. So, let’s raise a glass to the fact that I haven’t been snipered and somehow made it onto this list. Sure, the pro-Israel lobbyists tried to career-assassinate me, and the ABC is dabbling in lawfare, but I’d like to think I’ve shown that pushing back against powerful institutions not only holds them accountable—it gives you an even louder voice. I’d also like to thank God and WhatsApp groups (and apologise to my mother. I promise to stir harder next year to make top 3.)
“In defence of Antoinette Lattouf” published in The Australian was not on my 2024 bingo card. But it has been a year marked by wild, chaotic and unfathomable events. An interesting read nonetheless.
“In defence of Antoinette Lattouf” published in The Australian was not on my 2024 bingo card. But it has been a year marked by wild, chaotic and unfathomable events. An interesting read nonetheless.
Christianity is being cancelled, I’m not Oprah and he’s not on a couch. @antoinette_lattouf chat with Australia’s 30th Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, is out now on this weekend’s edition of @thebriefingpodcast. Our former PM’s new book ‘Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness’ is available for purchase. #scottmorisson #scomo #politics #primeminister #christianity
I’ve entered my positive girl era. Tag a friend who could learn from such optimism.
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I’ve entered my positive girl era. Tag a friend who could learn from such optimism.
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I’ve entered my positive girl era. Tag a friend who could learn from such optimism.
I’ve entered my positive girl era. Tag a friend who could learn from such optimism.
I’ve entered my positive girl era. Tag a friend who could learn from such optimism.
I’ve entered my positive girl era. Tag a friend who could learn from such optimism.
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@narelda_jacobs reveals her exciting news for 2025! As a trusted news anchor and advocate for First Nations rights, LGBTQIA inclusion, and social justice, Narelda is a true powerhouse. In conversation with @antoinette_lattouf, she speaks candidly about her identity and why she became a journalist. 🎧 The Briefing: Narelda Jacobs on identity and her life changing news #TheBriefing #NareldaJacobs #Journalisam #FirstNations #LGBTQIA #SocialJustice #AustralianMedia
It’s been ten years since the Lindt Cafe siege, when Man Haron Monis held 18 hostages for 16 hours in Sydney’s Martin Place. Three people were killed, including the gunman. On Friday morning’s episode of The Briefing, we interview our very own @antoinette_lattouf, who was working as a television reporter at the scene and heavily pregnant at the time. She joins Helen Smith to recount how the day unfolded and what it’s like reporting on such harrowing incidents. 🎧The Briefing: Reflecting on the Lindt Cafe siege a decade later #lindtcafesiege #martinplace #australia #podcast #thebriefing
Pianist @jaysongillham made international headlines last month when he dedicated a song to Palestinian journalists killed by the IDF. The backlash from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) was swift, resulting in Jayson’s performance being pulled. The MSO later admitted it “made an error”, but has now back flipped and says the concert was not an appropriate place to express personal views, and an external review into the MSO is now underway. In this morning’s episode of @thebriefingpodcast, @antoinette_lattouf sits down with the pianist at the centre of the headlines, to discuss what’s happened since his performance and the legal battle he now faces as a result. 🎧 The Briefing: Jayson Gillham on war, art and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra #thebriefing #jaysongillham #melbournesymphonyorchestra #journalism #gaza #classicalmusic