Jillian Segal urges oversight committee to vet ABC and SBS Israel coverage
Jillian Segal is absolutely living up to her role as Antisemitism Envoy. Every time she says something like this, she increases antisemitism in Australia. I'm sorry, I have to be facetious about this or I will cry scream. Our community used to be respected. This makes us at best a laughing stock.
kaya wanu32Sorry Tim. Your community is still respected. Most of us refuse to think of Israel as a Jewish state. It's obviously a western supremacist state despite all its bluster.
Doug29The appointment of Jillian Segal has to be one of the worst decisions made by the Albanese Government - she seems to regard her power to interfere in Australian life in pursuit of her agenda in support of Zionism as totally unlimited
John DeBaptiste19We need a Royal Commission into Zionism, espionage and foreign interference.
Craig Thomler 18Israel’s actions cause negative impressions of Israel. And hurt the Jewish faith globally. Israel is antisemitic.
The DILETTANTE12She’s a social terrorist and that is not even hyperbole. She is deliberately harming the social fabric of Australian society at the behest of another nation
tursiae.bsky.social12It's ludicrous, but the reasons for her appointment are pretty apparent to the community at large. It doesn't reflect on your community so much as it does the government and their transparent desire to appease certain groups.
Lucy Hamilton53If tepid reporting gesticulating in the vague direction of the full horror on an entity’s behaviour might cause that entity to be perceived negatively, then maybe the entity should reconsider its horrific activity? Israel wants secrecy and cover for its genocide. That’s not our goal.
Claire Connelly20I would have thought Israel’s actions are responsible for creating the negative impression of Israel, but maybe that’s just me
kaya wanu13Antisemetism envoy out here scaring the Aussie Jewish community. Make it make sense.
Dr Alan Nixon9You know what creates a 'negative perception of #Israel'? Killing 20000 children and 100s of thousands of Palestinians. Committing a #Genocide has traditionally done that!
Barbara Miller reports that Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal has lashed out at the ABC at the RC, saying she believes they provide “Too much coverage of the war in Gaza”🙄 So the solution to reducing antisemitism is stop letting everyone know that there’s a genocide in Gaza?
Jenny Bradbrook 18Despicable woman. Her blind sense of injustice and entitlement is mind blowing.
Howard Walter16therefore logic follows SBS should cease with all their historical Hitler content????? wtaf is she on and how in the f did she get this job....
miggieblue.bsky.social12The answer to this problem is not to restrict freedom of Australian press to report on world events. If Ms Segal doesn’t like seeing reports of the war & genocide Israel is waging in Gaza, then she should lobby Mr Netanyahu & his govt to 🛑. We’d all like the violence, torture, & War Crimes to 🛑
Ewart, Dave12She is part of the problem
Graham ✌🏼 🍉10Utter madness that this is being allowed !!!!
scobee.bsky.social8Put the blinkers on and pretend nothing is going on. How is that antisemitism?
Why has Special Zionist Tsar for Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, Apartheid & White Supremacy Jillian Segal been permitted to front the Royal Commission into AnTiSeMiTiSm TWICE when Nasser Mashni of APAN was not allowed to speak even once? Wonder why we are growing ANGRIER, @albomp.bsky.social? #auspol
Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉45And it should go without saying that what Segal is saying about the national broadcaster is complete and utter bullshit. Proving once again that the pro-Zionist Israel lobby has nothing but lies. I'm with Dave Milner.
lindsaybussau.bsky.social12"Segal said .... coverage of the war in the Middle East “lacked balance”, that there was an overemphasis on Gaza compared with other conflicts" Embarrassing for her that there are so few other conflicts where governments are genociding civilian populations and bragging about it on film.
d1kastell.bsky.social7Does anyone not understand that the RC into antisemitism is doing more to promote antisemitism than anything that the antisemites in Australia could have done. After Bondi there was a huge amount of sympathy and goodwill towards our Jewish fellow Australians, the RC is rapidly eroding it.
turn-left.bsky.social3Gross, this whole thing is absurd.
arthurnorman2.bsky.social2Will say it again and again and again All witnesses should be made to clearly outline are they zionists , are they pro israel, are they on pro Israeli boards do they have financial links to israel ...and then they can present their ""evidence""
Simon Rosenberg80The royal commission we really need: 'Examination of methods and impact of Israeli foreign influence in Australian institutions, incl. but not limited to: - public policy - legislation and police - mainstream and social media - universities - health services and reg bodies - arts and culture... 1/2
Dr Alan Nixon5Yep. This is all exposing the unequal privilege given to #Zionism. We can see clearly they are being treated differently... So UnAustralian! #Australia #auspol
Jillian Segal's 'evidence' to the royal commission is no surprise: the PM appointed as Antisemitism Envoy someone who was and is a prominent lobbyist for Israel. And as a member of the Australian Jewish community, I am horrified that Segal purports to speak for me. #auspol
Chris Egginton22Wonderful letter from Sarah Schwarz of Jewish Council expressing pretty much the same feelings. Her appearance at the RC was courageous and effective.
redskyatnyt.bsky.social14Jillian Segal is a fascist. A racist, homophobic, far-right extremist. She and her husband personally finance Advance, which tells you all you need to know about her ideologies... #auspol
CtlAltDel6Segal is a grotesque apologist for some of history’s most barbaric atrocities
Wild Colonial Girl - Difficult Woman who hopes Iran wins 🇮🇷5Her Zionist bias presents an insurmountable conflict of interest. She shouldn't be allowed to testify. Our tax dollars fund her legal advice, as well as that of the AJA & the ZFA. Both are ideological movements, whereas members of the democratic JCA had to fund raise individually for their costs.
Terry Sedgwick 🦘 T.S. un ami.5No doubt the same sort of independent oversight to which universities are subjected by her appointee, Greg Craven.
ithedark.bsky.social5Shocked that Israelis, whose families suffered and some themselves, the Holocaust, and do not condemn Israel, Netanyahu and his cabinet for their atrocious behavior in Gaza. Segal is missing the issue of reporters not allowed in to report the horror, Al Jazeera kicked out, local media killed
Jillian Segal, Australia’s antisemitism envoy - and previously president of pro-Israel lobby group ECAJ - claimed at the Royal Commission that the Gaza death toll was ‘grossly inflated'. When pressed to share ‘material’ to support her claim, she said it’s been 'well reported probably’.
Brett41In a just world this would be the end of her career.
AliceK - globalise the innitafucker15This is the third time I've seen Jillian Segal insinuate opinion as fact, then slip away from all accountability by claiming not to be an expert She is a highly skilled liar #auspol
Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks14Did nobody tell this stupid bitch that even the IOF accept the official count?! She’s out-hasbaring Israelis!
Tina Zacher11I mean surely there's fact checkers in this farcical RC that can corroborate or rebuke these claims?
AliceK - globalise the innitafucker11Straight up lies. The UN has acknowledged no such thing. Worse, the lawyers are proving incapable of holding anyone to account
IndaUnknown9She's a Foreign operative who needs to be deported to where allegiance lies. Aussie citizenship needs to be revoked. Albo needs to resign(bumbling coward wont) for appointing her
benjamin69my dude you're outhasbaraing the IDF
Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭12It's just a disgrace that she holds an official and highly paid position.
Dr nick nobody8This foreign government lobbyist is actively evil #auspol
Anthony B,8Her "evidence" is "well, vibes". She's been in the role for how long, and is still refusing to take the responsibility at all seriously.
Theo Arman6This is the individual who wants to put a cap on (or in) SBS and the ABC for reporting the news correctly. #auspol
Caspia's Photos 🏳️⚧️6It's outrageous the Australian government has appointed an official pro-Zionist, pro-Israel propagandist. I remember an ALP meeting at Trades Hall in the early 1990s collecting funds for the ANC in South Africa. (No, this does NOT mean Israel/Zionism has "captured" Australia. Don't be antisemitic
Paul Dutton4Fucken liar should never be paid with taxpayer money!
eggs4This is Eve Fartlow areas
T✨2Fucking hell, so she’s a full blown #genocide denier running a so-called #Antisemetism inquiry First #ICAC, now this… Australia seems to have an issue with putting the precise worst person possible in charge of really important issues that we do need to address seriously… yet this ain’t it #auspol
sasansandy.bsky.social2Outrageous... The hypocrisy is astonishing, but this is the playbook.
Apparently the ABC and its various regulators can't adequately judge editorial standards. They need a pro-Israel lobbyist to decide them.
d1kastell.bsky.social4Looks like you soon won’t be able to find any criticism of the Zionist regime in Palestine in the Australian media. Good job there’s always Haaretz!
Glenn1Is there any world gov the Israelis have not bribed?
Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉7I vaguely remember the Iranian ambassador being expelled, but this UNELECTED Nazi Religious Extremist gets to run the country ? #AustralianLaborFundAndSupportEthnicCleansingGenocideAndApartheid #auspol
livesarah4I wonder how many hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money Albo will be gifting the new Zionist Oversight Committee for Australian Public Broadcasting? [it’s definitely going to happen, isn’t it 🫠]
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... The ABC is doing its job, reporting the truth. The ABCs reporting doesn't create a negative impression of Israel. Israel's actions of Genocide, Lebensraum ( land theft ) torture of non Israelis creates a negative view. #auspol @albomp.bsky.social
Anonymous Sewer Rat 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜🖤🤎12If anything , ABC news are under reporting the atrocities in Gaza.
Jenny Bradbrook 7Segal hasn't "turned her mind to"? ABC reporting? She wants a special authority to make judgements? What is she being paid an obscene amount of money for then?
Sandra M Aus5The reporting by the ABC is mild compared to sources like Al Jazeera, the UN even the BBC. They are filtering & dialling down already.
union-solidarity21.bsky.social3The ABC is notoriously biased in favour of promoting Isn'treali propaganda. Only the truly deranged could look at the last decade of their reporting and conclude that they created a negative impression of the settler colony of Isn'treal
Nina Reeder🇺🇦🇵🇸🐕🦚🍉🍉2The abc news journalist are not reporting genocide, the word is verboten on the abc, people like sally Sara, RN are very quick to challenge any anti Israel sentiments.
Jillian Segal claims that the war in Gaza is over represented on @news.abc.net.au and that constitutes bias. Commissioner Bell pushes back.
Frau Cernik7That is her aim , silencing ABC and SBS not to report the genocide and war crimes committed by Netanyahu. SBS is reporting equally about wars and famine all over the world . Fuck off you Zionist Netanyahu supporter.
CtlAltDel6Segal can go get fucked. If anything there needs to be an investigation into Israel’s influence on Australian politics and media.
Paul6Unbelievable! The lack of humanity degrades us all. How did we land here?
Ignoble Jim R Houghton1The old 'everyone else is mad and out to get me and I'm the only sane one' ploy.
Segal is biased, and ignorant of media ways, and should stand down to protect Israel debate. She thinks ABC coverage of Israel war was “disproportionate” and “biased.”The aggressor for 100 yrs, Israel, committed ethnic cleansing. #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Pup Fiction4"Among the Australian Jewish community there is a common and pervasive perception that has been expressed to me repeatedly…” A subsection of the Jewish community obviously considering she only listens to Zionists. That’s abundantly clear
Andy Paterson4That's her opinion and it's looking at it through the lens of Zionist Israel, not through the United Nations human rights lens, which Australia is a signatory to. In my opinion, ABC has been mostly absent during the genocide of Palestinians and has unconditionally supported the Zionist lobby.
Robynne3Her and her atttack dogs who write complaints in order to get people fired from their work are one of the reasons people are disgusted by Israel. Not sure how any media org can sanitise torture of prisoners, deliberate sniping of children and genocide.
'The antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, wants a new “oversight” committee to vet the ABC and SBS’s Israel coverage, she told the royal commission on Thursday morning.' Sounds like a job for @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social amirite. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Andy Fleming182/ 'Anti-Israel perspectives were those that are critical of Israel’s actions, she said.' um
Simon Rosenberg9No surprise that Segal doesn't want to extend her recommended "oversight" body to commercial media. I guess she thinks that Nine and Murdoch have their coverage of Gaza and Israel just right.
This woman never looks very well, but does she also struggle with coherent thought? Maybe a genocide in Palestine might be the cause of why Israel is perceived poorly, rather than the reporting of actual events? Is Jillian Segal actually assisting in social cohesion? #AusPol
![Gaza coverage on ABC and SBS ‘overemphasised relative to other global conflicts’, Jillian Segal tells royal commission
Jordyn Beazley
Jillian Segal, the special envoy to combat antisemitism, is the first to appear before the antisemitism royal commission this morning ahead of appearances later today by senior executives from the ABC and SBS.
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Segal submitted a statement to the royal commission that the “pervasive perception among the Australian Jewish community” of the coverage by the public broadcaster was “lacking balance” and “the conflict in Gaza being overemphasised relative to other global conflicts [and] disproportionately giving voice to anti-Israel perspectives, which exacerbated the prevalence of antisemitism in Australia and the conflation of Jewish identity with the state of Israel”.
She said:
[There is a] very strongly held perception from the Jewish community that the way in which the Gaza conflict, in particular, and the activities that are going on in the Middle East are reported have created an impression of great negativity about Israel.
It’s a very serious perception that a community under attack here in Australia feels that the trusted national broadcaster is not presenting the situation in the Middle East in a way that they think is not biased and accurate.
My contention is that that whole system is not working to assure all of us that the reporting is as per required, and that’s why I make the suggestion of an oversight exercise, a standing committee.
Segal said she wasn’t suggesting that the public broadcasters shouldn’t “cover matters they think are important”, but “there are also lots of important issues around the world”.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/09/australia-news-live-telstra-mobile-internet-down-outage-triple-zero-v-line-trains-network-royal-commission-antisemitism-abc-ntwnfb](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rrigcgajvpkngw5ewsmqznjj/bafkreibruzdwedfnbbn55pr6eno5ku3uu22pocfzxm4ppwrgrcfr4d6e2a)
3wombats5No she’s a big impediment along with the PM insinuating we are all antisemitic. What we are is anti-apartheid and anti genocide. I’m sure there are a few people who can’t tell the difference that are antisemitic but it’s not the majority of us
⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia3bsky.app/profile/jewi... I am very inclined to think that a more balanced representative from the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social would be a better envoy. 🥂
John DeBaptiste2Genocide Denialism is counter to social cohesion.
IndaUnknown1She should be charged as a foreign operative! Obviously Israel holds more currency with her than Australia. She's openly displaying her foreign interference in our politics and our society in general Over to you gutless @australianlabor.bsky.social Ooops they appointed her 🤦🏼♂️
