‘Terrifying’: political candidate violently abused and schoolboy thrown into bin, antisemitism royal commission hears

A royal commission hearing on antisemitism and social cohesion heard evidence of violent abuse against a Jewish political candidate, Joshua Kirsh, whose social media advertisements were bombarded with antisemitic tropes and threats. The abuse is part of a broader trend designed to intimidate Jewish Australians from public life. The commission also heard about a schoolboy being thrown into a bin.