• Rebuilding religious tolerance

    Suzanne Rutland     |      August 18, 2026

    Immigration trends in recent years have diversified religious affiliations in Australia, straining community relations past breaking point as the Bondi massacre proved. As support for multiculturalism continues to plummet, can religious education play a role in restoring tolerance and harmony?

  • The ugly truth of anti-Zionism

    Suzanne Rutland     |      April 5, 2024

    The protests against Israel’s war on Hamas following the terrorist attack of October 2023 are all too often a thin veneer over the underlying wish to wipe Israel from the map and destroy the Jewish people.

  • The long, dark history of antisemitism in Australia

    Suzanne Rutland     |      November 26, 2023

    Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and the subsequent conflict has sparked a fresh wave of anti-Jewish demonstrations by radical left and right wing activists and extremist Islamic groups, but there is a long and sorry history of anti-semitism in this country.