The anti-Semitism envoy of Australia, Jillian Segal, says that she had no involvement in a large donation of her husband’s company to the controversial conservative campaign Group Advance, which has been strongly remedied against overseas immigration, pro-palestine protests and the labor government.
Guardian Australia reported for the first time in February that Henroth Investments had donated PTY LTD $ 50,000 to make a move in 2023-24, according to the annual donation opposition figures of the Australian Commission. One of the directors of that company, according to company registers, is John Roth – Segal’s husband.
According to the AEC figures, Advance received more than $ 15.6 million in the book hours of 2023-24. Henroth’s donation was the same donation to move forward last year, one of the five donors who gave $ 50,000 to the group.
Advance strongly performed the campaign against the Labor government and the Greens in the elections of May, with an important focus on criticizing their answers on anti -Semitism and immigration problems and questioning renewable energy, net zero and native to national ceremonies. Progress often mocked Anthony Albanese, who named Segal in her position, because Australia “weak, woke up and broke”, and accused him of “Foreign criminals back in your communities and are silent about increasingly violent protests”.
The donation of Henroth came up after a report from the independent news site De Klaxon during the weekend after the delivery of Segal of 49 recommendations to the government to tackle anti -Semitism. Corporate Records show that John Roth and his brother, Stanley, have been mentioned since 1975 as directors of the company founded by their father, Henry.
The name of Segal is not mentioned in an official capacity of the company.
In a short answer with two line to questions, Segal distanced himself from the Henroth donation.
“Nobody would tolerate or accept my husband who dictates my politics, and I will certainly not dictate his. I have not had any involvement in his donation, nor will I,” she said in a statement.
The Segal office did not respond to questions about whether she was interested in Henroth investments, nor whether she was aware of the donation that was made. The Segal office also did not respond to questions about whether Segal had comments about the actions or campaign supplies of Advance, or whether she was concerned about the possible consequences for the social cohesion of Advance’s campaign material.
Advance has counted former liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott as a board member and coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price as spokesperson. It led the NO campaign in the native voting referendum and conducted controversial and ultimately failed campaigns in various political elections that focus on crime and immigration issues.
In 2024, Albanese accused progress of “very part -time” and the distribution of “a lot of wrong information” during the Byelection of Dunkley; The controversial referendum campaign criticized racism and wrong information from opponents and some liberal parliamentary members.
After the May elections, in which the coalition was reduced to a historically low parliamentary caucus, various senior liberal sources asked the impact of Advance Australia, some warned “undermined” and the liberals voted.
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The recent campaign activity of Advance includes calls to reverse the policy of the clean energy provider, “welcome welcome to the country” and “Stop Massa -Immigration”.
Last week, the group placed a screenshot From a vacancy for a “Palestinian scheme and community development worker” in Sydney, asking: “Why do we have to pay for this, exactly?”
Other recent messages have also addressed issues with regard to Palestine. “Who thought that taking hundreds of people from Gaza would be a risk to safety,” Advance Posted on X On Friday. Last week, the group Also posted: “If you” globalize the Intifada ‘on the street, you must be deported. End of story. “
In April 2024, posts on pro-Palestinian protests on Anzac Day, posted in advance on X: “If you hate our country, why don’t you go to live in ‘Palestine’?”
In March, advance Posted on X Those greens politicians “should take their keffiyehs and Mardi Gras marches to the streets of Gaza … then we would see how quickly they want to go back to hugging trees”.
The largest indicated Donor from Advance Last year was the Cormack Foundation, best known as an investment vehicle of millions of dollars for the liberal party and one of the largest donors of the party, who promised $ 500,000 to the conservative campaign group.
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