On what planet does Labor think Jillian Segal is right for a high-profile government role, particularly one as sensitive as an “envoy for antisemitism”? (The “envoy for Islamophobia” is yet to be announced, but one is promised by the prime minister.)
“Envoys” are stunt roles, made for announcement and little else. But it’s unusual to see someone with Segal’s history handed such a gig. As immediate past president of the ardently pro-Israel Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Segal last November savaged Labor for daring to criticise Israel for bombing hospitals, calling such criticism a “libel” in a joint statement
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