JAO48 open letter on Gaza


Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese 

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong

Minister of Defence, Richard Marles


Sydney, November 20th, 2024

Coda and additional endorsements added February 8th, 2025


Dear Prime Minister and Ministers,


We will be straightforward. 


We had believed that, beneath the realities of political life, you were principled people, with a deep respect for your office and for the law, including international law. We had assumed that you valued Australia's international standing enough to ensure our adherence to these laws. We had hoped that you, as representatives of the Australian people, would take Australia’s responsibilities as a member of the international community of nations very seriously. 


As Australia has signed and ratified the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Conventions (specifically the Genocide Convention, the Children’s Rights Convention, and the Refugee Rights Convention), we had expected ethically coherent and legally appropriate actions from you in response to the unspeakable harm Israel has unleashed on Palestine. 


We have been hoping and waiting in vain. Nothing in the past twelve months has propelled you into meaningful action. 


No number of Palestinian children killed or maimed and traumatised for life; no number of Palestinians, including minors, tortured and raped in Israeli prisons and detention camps; no number of civilians driven from place to desolate place in forced evacuations; 


No amount of wanton destruction of Palestinian towns, villages, schools, hospitals, farmland, universities, homes, markets, libraries, museums, cultural and religious sites, refugee camps, trees, animals, or essential civilian infrastructure (such as water purification plants, solar energy panels, and sewerage systems); No level of deliberate starvation inflicted; no amount of humanitarian aid blocked; no type of illegal or experimental weapon used on a captive population, inflicting previously-unknown injuries impossible to treat due to the catastrophic conditions;   


None of these egregious crimes has awoken any humanitarian impulse.


No number of UN and other aid workers murdered; no number of doctors and nurses killed or kidnapped; no number of journalists shot dead; no amount of indiscriminate or AI targeted bombing; No number of petitions and open letters by medical professionals, by legal experts, by journalists, by trauma specialists, by holocaust historians, by academics and students, by human rights groups, by dismayed and horrified citizens both young and old of every faith and background; no number of impassioned speeches in the UN assembly; not even the measured and explicit rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calling for an immediate and unconditional stop to Israel's illegal onslaught, its unlawful occupation and apartheid regime;


None of it has prompted any recourse to appropriate diplomatic response. 


You must be aware of the ongoing horror. It is your duty to remain up to date about events of such momentous nature. Therefore, you know, or should know, of the many credible reports debunking Israel’s lies and propaganda, including those about what happened on October 7th. You know, or should know, that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) acknowledges activating the Hannibal Directive, thus deliberately killing many Israelis lest they become hostages; that no babies were beheaded; and that there is no verifiable evidence of systematic rape. Furthermore, that Israel refuses to cooperate with the UN body attempting to report on the horrific events of that day. 


Likewise, it would be irresponsible of you not to have familiarised yourselves with the historical context of current events. You know, or should know, that Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian people did not begin on October 8th 2023; and that the Gaza Ghetto uprising was the logical and full-blown outcome of decades-long incremental ethnic cleansing, ruthless siege, brutal military occupation, and cruel apartheid. 


Does it not worry you that Australia, through trading with Israel, including with weapons and surveillance companies, and providing diplomatic cover in the UN, entailing subservience to the US and to our own Israel lobby, is complicit in Israel's crimes? 


Israel has made it abundantly clear that it does not want a ceasefire, not even at the cost of its own citizens' lives. Nor will it countenance a Palestinian State. On the contrary, it is expanding its lethal attacks on the illegally occupied West Bank, with the obvious objective of de facto annexation. It aims to annihilate the Palestinian people and their identity by brute force, while provoking surrounding countries and risking escalation to regional war. Israel has become a rogue state, operating with impunity, and blaming its victims.


The UN long ago concluded that Israel's control over the Gaza Strip constitutes occupation, thus denying Israel any right to "defend" itself. The ICJ has left the world in no doubt that this occupation and siege are unlawful, along with Israel's military occupation of the West Bank, and its annexation of the Golan Heights. The ICJ has also concluded that Israel practises apartheid. Its ruling calls on all countries to withdraw support for Israel while it continues to act unlawfully, and has clearly spelled out that whoever insists on enabling these crimes is complicit. 


Are you therefore not only defying the highest court in the world, but even justifying Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza, its occupation and apartheid? Could it be that you cannot find the courage to deviate from the ‘ironclad commitment’ of the US and take a sovereign decision? Does your ambition to propel Australia into the top ten players in the global armaments industry outweigh your obligation to restore our country's increasingly damaged international reputation?


Maybe you are being bullied by the Israel lobby, including the right-wing Christian Zionist movement in this country? It is no longer plausible to claim that criticism of the State of Israel, condemnation of its barbarity, and the demand for Israel to respect international law are antisemitic. Perhaps it is convenient for you to have cover for your apparent inhumanity and your own contempt for international law. 


However, after more than a year of prevarication and appalling inaction, do you deserve the benefit of the doubt? Australians sickened by Israel's shocking violence and outraged by its impunity are reeling. We want to know why you have not implemented the most peaceful and effective way of bringing this hellish catastrophe to an end: a complete boycott, sanctions and divestment policy on Israel? Surely that would be the least Australia could, and should, do. 


We are asking these blunt questions because we demand accountability from our government. We expect a substantive, comprehensive, and timely response. History will not absolve Israel, nor its allies, be they wilfully blind or not. 

 

Coda added February 8th, 2025

Unsurprisingly, we have received no reply to our open letter on your government's failure to take meaningful action to prevent Israel from committing genocide in Gaza.

The nano step forward of voting out of lockstep with the USA and in favour of Palestinian sovereignty, was as tokenistic as statements of "concern" unaccompanied by meaningful action. Despite our PM's blatant denial, and in contravention of rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Australia has continued to engage in an arms trade that enables Israel to continue its genocide and unlawful occupation of Palestinian land. 

Trump's plan for Gaza exposes the colonial heart of the Zionist project. The so-called ceasefire was never about ending the genocide, just as the genocide was never about Hamas. Israel continues its ethnic cleansing in the unlawfully occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and its violations of the ceasefires in Gaza and in Lebanon. Australian mainstream media remains mute. 

As a bare minimum, the Labor Government must declare publicly that

  • it accepts the reports by Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières, Human Rights Watch, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian People in the Gaza Strip;


  • it will therefore, in accordance with the rulings of the International Court of Justice, immediately enact all measures within its power to prevent Israel from committing genocide, including arms and trade embargoes, and cessation of intelligence-sharing;


  • it supports the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement as a legitimate means of bringing about the end of Israel's impunity and compelling it to abide by international law, specifically by 
  1. ending its illegal occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the illegal Wall

  2. recognizing the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality

  3. respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN Resolution 194; and


  • it will implement the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Galant 

We urge you to recognise that our movement is growing, and that it includes Australians of all ages, all backgrounds, and all walks of life. The issue of justice in Israel-Palestine is here to stay.

Sincerely, 

Jews Against The Occupation '48


Endorsements


Organisations


  1. Loud Jew Collective (LJC)
  2. Jews for Palestine Northern Rivers
  3. New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL)
  4. Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN)
  5. Unionists for Palestine Victoria
  6. Pax Christi Australia
  7. Green Left
  8. Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition (SPJC)
  9. Peoples Climate Assembly (PCA)
  10. Palestine Justice Movement Sydney (PJMS)
  11. Palestine Action Group Sydney (PAG)
  12. Socialist Alliance Sydney
  13. Greens for Palestine
  14. Wage Peace-Disrupt War
  15. Extinction Rebellion Peace ACT
  16. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre
  17. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Australia
  18. Free Palestine Albury Wodonga
  19. City of Sydney for Palestine
  20. Blue Mountains for Palestine
  21. Central West for Palestine
  22. Just Peace Queensland
  23. Lake Macquarie Greens 
  24. Christians for Peace Newcastle
  25. Newcastle Greens
  26. Families For Palestine
  27. Free Gaza Australia 
  28. Free Palestine Newcastle 
  29. Northern Rivers for Palestine
  30. No Weapons for Genocide
  31. Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN)
  32. Nurses and Midwives for Palestine (NAMP)
  33. Australian Friends Of Palestine Association (AFOPA) 
  34. Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
  35. Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP)
  36. Mums for Palestine Magan-jin 
  37. Borderlands Cooperative
  38. Top End Peace Alliance (TEPA)
  39. Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Emigrati e Famiglie (FILEF)
  40. Helios Matheson Analytics Shareholders Consortium (HMASC)
  41. Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR) Southern Highlands
  42. Free Palestine Apollo Bay
  43. Doctors Reform Society 
  44. Cygnet for Palestine Collective Tasmania
  45. Union of Australian Women (UAW) Qld
  46. Women's Wisdom In The Church (WWITCH)
  47. Big Ride for Palestine (BRP) Australia
  48. Just Peace for Palestine (JPP) Qld
  49. Unionists for Palestine (U4P) SA
  50. Hindus for Human Rights
  51. Alliance Against Political Prosecutions (AAPP)
  52. Frontline Film Foundation (FFF)
  53. Far North Queensland Friends of Palestine
  54. Eurobodalla Justice for Palestine (EJFP)
  55. United Australian Palestinian Workers
  56. Australian Palestinian Graduates Association
  57. Arab Australian Advocacy Group
  58. Truth Not War


Individuals


  1. Mary Kostakidis 
  2. Greg Barnes SC
  3. Professor Stuart Rees AM 
  4. Margaret Reynolds AC, National President Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
  5. John Menadue AO 
  6. Aran Martin
  7. Ahmad Shboul
  8. Linda Shboul 
  9. Rami Meo
  10. Marina Glover, co-founder Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
  11. Madeleine Thorpe, co-founder Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
  12. Richard Broinowski 
  13. Alison Broinowski, co-Patron Asian Association of Australian Studies
  14. Amirra Hajje 
  15. Ali Kazak, former Palestinian Ambassador 
  16. Paul Heywood-Smith SC, co-founder Australian Friends Of Palestine Association
  17. Cr Philipa Veitch
  18. Paz Seir
  19. Chip Eling
  20. Sawsan Madina, former Head of Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Television
  21. Nachshon Amir, Free Palestine Melbourne
  22. Sherri Hilario
  23. Richard Broinowski AO
  24. Lee Rhiannon, Dare to Struggle Film Projects
  25. Fabia Claridge
  26. Michelle Berkon
  27. Yaakov Aharon
  28. Mick Armstrong, National Executive Socialist Alternative 
  29. Wendy Bacon, Past Professor of Journalism University of Technology Sydney
  30. Mariam Khmaladze
  31. Esther Berkon, Jews for Palestine Northern Rivers
  32. Alan Musry
  33. Jann Dark
  34. Eva Cox AO
  35. Dr Nicholas Wickham, Co-convenor SA State Committee of Medical Association for Prevention of War
  36. Graham Jones, co-director Kinetic Energy Theatre Company
  37. Dr Antonina Gentile
  38. Kerry Dwyer
  39. Nicole Dennis
  40. Rosie Cuff
  41. Vivienne Porzsolt
  42. Dr Barbara Bloch
  43. Kim Sattler
  44. Peter Geelan-Small
  45. Rick Kuhn
  46. Finbar Berkon
  47. Vidhya Karnamadakala
  48. Felicity Ruby
  49. Ahmed Abadla
  50. Jepke Goudsmit, co-director Kinetic Energy Theatre Company
  51. Sara Dowse
  52. Dr Ron Witton 
  53. Miriam Margolyes OBE, actress 
  54. Jeremy Rabie
  55. Luke Weyland
  56. Laurie Izaks MacSween
  57. Helen Meekosha
  58. Richard Bevins
  59. Evelyn Williames, co-convenor Amnesty Ashgrove Group Brisbane
  60. Allon J Uhlmann 
  61. Marcelo Svirsky, Senior Lecturer University of Wollongong
  62. James Godfrey 
  63. Asher McManus
  64. Liam Callaghan 
  65. Nick Riemer
  66. Surya McEwan
  67. Matthew Wierzbicki
  68. Br John Walker MSC
  69. Persefoni Thliveris
  70. Jayden Mec'e
  71. Carol Powell 
  72. Jim McIlroy
  73. Coral Wynter
  74. Ariel Johnson
  75. Marion Gevers
  76. Alison Harwood
  77. Rachel Evans, Branch Manager Sydney Socialist Alliance
  78. Wasim El-Haj 
  79. Randa Kattan
  80. Pip Hinman
  81. Peter Boyle
  82. Sam Sherry
  83. Sonja Sedmak
  84. Pen McKinley-Rodgers, co-founder Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
  85. Bruno Di Biase, Adjunct Associate Professor 
  86. Caroline Graham
  87. Alison Howson
  88. Peter Hyland
  89. Ash Phthalo
  90. Ulani Berkon
  91. Taveet Sinanian
  92. Carlos Badelles Agito
  93. Ken Blackman
  94. Giulia Inga
  95. Silvio Ofria
  96. Tom Knowles
  97. Doug Hewitt AM
  98. Peter Murphy, Secretary Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition
  99. Fr Claude Mostowik MSC, President Pax Christi Australia, National Director Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre 
  100. Rita Camilleri
  101. Dr Gideon Polya
  102. Nick Deane, Convenor Marrickville Peace Group
  103. Revd Dr Ray Williamson OAM, Vice-President Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
  104. Ms Maxine Caron
  105. Mr Gareth Smith
  106. Stefano Perfili 
  107. Nils von Kalm, Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network 
  108. Jenny Forster 
  109. Fayeza Khan 
  110. Dr Chris Johansen, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network 
  111. Barry Trembath
  112. Wallace McKitrick
  113. Julie Hart 
  114. Thomas Magarey
  115. Paul Magarey
  116. Maureen Todhunter, Co-Convenor Just Peace Queensland
  117. Amy Blain, Chair Peoples Climate Assembly
  118. John L Smith
  119. Tamara Jacka, Emeritus Professor
  120. Margaret Reynolds AC
  121. Elise Klein
  122. Ahmed Alabadla
  123. Frances Warren
  124. Mara Hayler
  125. Stephen Brendan Kelly, Helios Matheson Analytics Shareholders Consortium
  126. Dr David Glanz
  127. Cate Adams 
  128. Helen Rainger, President Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
  129. Brian Rainger 
  130. Maureen Rainger
  131. Christine Hunter, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network
  132. Edward Down
  133. Andrew Telfer, committee member Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
  134. Ruth Telfer, Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network 
  135. Rosie Hippel
  136. Ali El-Hajj
  137. Brian Arnott
  138. Maureen Arnott
  139. Wendy Brown
  140. Michael Long, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network
  141. David Macilwain
  142. Peter Harpas, Secretary Independent and Peaceful Australia Network
  143. Jeannie Lucas, Secretary Australian Friends of Palestine Association
  144. Dr Kerryn Higgs
  145. Christine Sylva
  146. Robin Booth 
  147. Jo Fenner
  148. Tanya El-Hajje
  149. Judith Treanor
  150. Malcolm Treanor
  151. Callum Treanor 
  152. Ron Beer
  153. Martin Smith
  154. Pat Rix
  155. Catherine Fitzgerald
  156. Miriam Tonkin
  157. Marta Romer
  158. Dr Georgine Clarsen
  159. Shamsulnisa Alam
  160. Socorro C Cifuentes
  161. Nicole Pittorino
  162. Virginia Frost Raison
  163. Ken Raison
  164. Matthew Wierzbicki
  165. Denise McMullen 
  166. Nicole Milinkovic
  167. Arthur Truman
  168. Alison Mackinnon
  169. Paul Desmond
  170. Margaret Pestorius, Wage Peace-Disrupt War
  171. Sue Herbert
  172. Dr Grant Banfield
  173. Dr Teja Kodali FRACP
  174. Ismaeel Qtaifan
  175. Dr Nandini Choudhury, MBBS FACEM PEM
  176. Elna Tulus
  177. Trish Luker
  178. Paulo Barros Cardoso
  179. Annette Connor
  180. Dr Carlo Gazzola
  181. Dr Annee Lawrence
  182. Christina Emblèm 
  183. Richard R Emblèm
  184. Kathleen Patitsas
  185. Sue Spence
  186. Brian Purcell
  187. Dr Sana Pathan
  188. Colleen Mitrow
  189. Julia Weston
  190. Heather Robinson, Mental Health Chaplain
  191. Saskia Kouwenberg
  192. Dr Eileen Whitehead
  193. Ian P Kruger
  194. Eleanor Putnam, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia 
  195. Peter Cleary
  196. Kathryn Dolphin
  197. Matthew Rayner
  198. Sharon O'Phee
  199. Grace Byass
  200. Sarah Smith, Australian Services Union  
  201. Sheri Lochner
  202. Wayne Cherrington
  203. Klaus Frohlich
  204. James Stuart Dixon
  205. Dr Laresa Kosloff
  206. Darryl Nelson, The Archer Earth Community
  207. Raven North
  208. Juanita Spinelli
  209. Evan Sandford Inglis
  210. Lucy Ridsdale
  211. Victoria Green
  212. Brooke Shelton, Mums for Palestine Magan-jin
  213. Dr Jock Churchman
  214. Elliot Orr
  215. Julanne Sweeney
  216. Eleni Nanos
  217. Mei-ing Cheok
  218. Lyn Bender
  219. Ruth Bauer
  220. Helen Pereira
  221. Chloe Vincent
  222. Robert Keyzer
  223. Jose Camilo Ballesteros
  224. Maria Carty
  225. Patrick Naidoo
  226. Barbara Nielsen
  227. Matisse McLennan
  228. Pamela Collett
  229. Peter Philp
  230. Michael Birch
  231. Margaret Bearlin, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Canberra and Region, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
  232. Marion Cincotta
  233. Dr Jane Thorn
  234. Kathryn Kelly
  235. John Russell
  236. Wendy Flannery
  237. Jack Lomax, status member Tasmanian Friends of Peace
  238. Jan O'Leary
  239. Helen Greer
  240. Deborah Stacey
  241. Donna Mullaly
  242. Dr Angela Molloy Murphy
  243. Gregoria Tamvakis
  244. Sr Anne Shay, Presentation Sisters Lismore
  245. Sheila Addison
  246. Karim Soliman
  247. David Thorn
  248. Vaughan Greenberg
  249. Nat Tunbridge
  250. Ann Marett
  251. Diana Davison Mowle 
  252. Annette Brownlie
  253. Adele Goldie
  254. Dr Philippa Tandy
  255. Fay Waddington, Just Peace for Palestine Queensland
  256. Richard Stone
  257. Peter Collins
  258. Ciarán MacLennan 
  259. Janine Cowie
  260. Jacqueline Henrion
  261. Brett Nutting
  262. Jonathan Heath
  263. Michael Smythe
  264. Judy Gillett-Ferguson
  265. David Fittell
  266. Robert Smith
  267. David Odling-Smee
  268. Meredith Corrigan
  269. Brian Corrigan 
  270. Diana McAtee
  271. Robin Rothfield
  272. Treya Derrington, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
  273. Janette Connard
  274. Hon Sandra Kanck
  275. Karyn Fearnside
  276. Rose Boutin
  277. Denise seabright
  278. Vera Yee
  279. Anna McCormack
  280. Christina Bauer
  281. Dr David King, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 
  282. Suzanne McCarthy
  283. Faye Gregson
  284. Clive Leslie Winmill
  285. John Mester
  286. Melise Reynolds
  287. James Cruz
  288. Rob Baker
  289. Alfredo Munoz
  290. Dr Malgorzata Schmidt
  291. Lynda Fletcher
  292. Pippa Robinson
  293. Anna Vanderbom
  294. Andre Mosen
  295. David Nicholas
  296. Jose Alvarez
  297. Richard Barnes
  298. Francine Bartlett
  299. Helen Lockton
  300. Maree Byrne
  301. Dale Dryen
  302. Chris Bouajila
  303. Jacqueline Moldovan
  304. Dr Marian Shanahan
  305. Jan Macnamara-Hammerton, Rural Australians for Refugees
  306. Geraldine Gillen, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
  307. Dr Pam Watson
  308. Lucy Bainger, Rural Australians for Refugees
  309. Sha Greenway
  310. Savanna Storm
  311. Reno Russo
  312. Michael Pfahl
  313. Ruth Hartcher-O'Brien
  314. Jan Brahe
  315. Sally Gray
  316. Peter Lockwood
  317. Sarah Cains
  318. Joy Davison-Lee
  319. Maree Tynan, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
  320. Anne Newton, Free Palestine Apollo Bay
  321. Dr Jacques Boulet, Borderlands Cooperative
  322. Thelma John
  323. Teresa Sewell-Kasim 
  324. Dr Jess Hartcher-O'Brien
  325. Lynette Chamas
  326. Daniel Berg
  327. Ann Reed
  328. Kim Brill
  329. Ben Laycock
  330. Cathy Crawley
  331. Susanna Pearson, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
  332. Thomas Goodman, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
  333. Diana Rickard, Top End Peace Alliance
  334. Lachlan Judson
  335. Andrew Morrison
  336. Giles O'Brien-Hartcher
  337. Rosemary Grant
  338. Rina Cohen
  339. Dr Robyn Gilbertson
  340. MichaEL, Australian Friends of Palestine Association, Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network 
  341. Robin Smith
  342. Lisa Byrne
  343. Jamie Chancellor
  344. Nell Smith
  345. Glin Martin  
  346. Mary Waterford AM
  347. Adam Hadad
  348. David Javid
  349. Dr Raghid Nahhas
  350. Gwyneth Bray, Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine
  351. Dr L Stanley Martin
  352. Doreen Martin
  353. Ruth Ann Haig
  354. Heather McClelland
  355. Sue Kinneally
  356. Kirsten Mayer
  357. Jola Jones
  358. Joanna O'Brien
  359. Marion Hibbs 
  360. Angela Swan
  361. Sally Waterford
  362. Vandana Herur
  363. Dr Terry Lustig
  364. Dr Eileen Lustig
  365. Annie Pfingst
  366. Stephen Langford
  367. Sonia Kulkarni
  368. Dave Mass
  369. Gill Graham
  370. Stephen Kimber
  371. Stefan White
  372. Fiona Sullivan
  373. Janet Mitchell
  374. Gail Grossman Freyne
  375. Margaret Mckenzie
  376. Graham Chaffey
  377. Joan Brodie
  378. Patrick Widows
  379. Brian Dwyer
  380. Jenny Ransley
  381. Graeme Dunstan
  382. Michael Vandelaar
  383. Roger Irving
  384. A.J. O'Grady
  385. Sue Booth
  386. Pasqualino Monea
  387. Judy Fitzpatrick
  388. Jim Yarnold
  389. Mary McLaughlin
  390. Michael Dixon
  391. Siobhan Gallagher
  392. Wendy Throsby
  393. Ann Cleary
  394. Peter Moss KC
  395. Lynn McCarty
  396. Anne Greaves
  397. Rev Dr Wayne Sanderson
  398. Robert H Boulden
  399. Warren Jon Niehaus
  400. Robert Reynolds
  401. Margaret Christensen
  402. Caroline Fitzwarryne
  403. Dave and Mandy Willson
  404. Martha Ansara
  405. Mary McKittrick
  406. Andrew Farran
  407. Stan Holmes
  408. Elena Torday
  409. Lǔdek Rosendorf
  410. Don Macrae
  411. Kevin Fine
  412. Stefan Moore
  413. Maria Holland
  414. Peter Sainsbury
  415. Antoinette Simon
  416. Dave Avenell
  417. Alf Salter
  418. Angela Smith
  419. Leon Knight
  420. John Brennan
  421. Darko Markovic
  422. Dr Patricia Reid
  423. Michael Stewart
  424. Jacqueline Henrion
  425. Jane Juttner
  426. Sue Shepherd
  427. Patrick Byrne
  428. Ian Dillon
  429. Judy Dillon
  430. David Thomas
  431. Sylvia Hale
  432. Peter Keightly
  433. Cr Gaetano Greco
  434. Dr Ben Bartlett
  435. Francoise Dupen
  436. Dr Maria Angel
  437. Dr Michael Karadjis
  438. Michael J Needham
  439. Tom Cowan
  440. Colin Dyer
  441. Mardhi Reid
  442. Judy Attwood, Union of Australian Women Queensland
  443. Jim Mills
  444. Susan Prentice
  445. Dr Graeme McLeay
  446. Veronica Paul
  447. Carmel Shute
  448. Sharon McAuliffe
  449. Leslie Rosenblatt
  450. Veronica White
  451. Dr Eleanor Flynn, media officer Women's Wisdom In The Church
  452. Judy Pile
  453. Felicity Cook
  454. Prof Peter Macdonald
  455. Prof Caroline de Costa
  456. Bouthaina Mayall
  457. Asst Prof Anitra Nelson
  458. Bernard Slattery
  459. Marika Czaja
  460. Jane Carnegie
  461. Di Hadlow
  462. Terry Hadlow
  463. Andrew Garton
  464. Dr Tim Woodruff, Vice Pres Doctors Reform Society
  465. Donald Barnes
  466. Lachlan Hurse, Big Ride for Palestine Australia
  467. Jack Flanigan
  468. Fay Waddington
  469. Joanna Thomson
  470. Perry Brown
  471. Robert Galland
  472. Robert Stainsby
  473. Liz Tidemann
  474. Christine Kerr
  475. Dr Barbara Hall
  476. Helen McSkimming
  477. Sr Mary Burke
  478. Joan Bautovich
  479. Anthony Clarke
  480. Gwyneth Anderton
  481. Anne Sheldon
  482. Dr Chris Aulich
  483. Mike Griffin
  484. Barbara Walton, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
  485. Ian Were
  486. Dr Trevor McQuillan
  487. Markie Linhart
  488. Mike Field
  489. Evelyn Konstantinidis
  490. David Toma
  491. Fergus McPherson
  492. Dr Devleena Ghosh, Hindus for Human Rights
  493. Gina Woodward
  494. Mia Heriot
  495. Philip Edwards
  496. Jeannette Baxter
  497. Donald Latter
  498. Mick Trimmer
  499. Dr Carmel Laragy
  500. Josephine Scicluna, Co-Convenor Writers in Prison, member PEN Melbourne
  501. Joy Hogan
  502. Deborah Bryant
  503. Adrian Foley
  504. Constantine Pakavakis
  505. Sally J Sutton
  506. Dr John Challis, former Director ABC Science Unit
  507. Cherie Studwell
  508. Peter Bradbury
  509. Robyn Coleman
  510. Lydia Miceli
  511. Léonie Ebert, Founder The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation
  512. Claire M Russell
  513. John Forest
  514. Marie Ryan, Co-convenor Australians Against Political Prosecutions
  515. Scott McInnes
  516. Mary Randall
  517. Christopher Baker
  518. Sarah Russell
  519. Des Moore
  520. Kathleen van Leeuwen
  521. Michelle Fahy
  522. Saba Mustafa
  523. Judith Bancroft
  524. Sandi Keane
  525. Christine McKenzie, President PEN Melbourne
  526. Dr Henk van Leeuwen
  527. Pamela McWilliams
  528. Jackie Mansourian, member PEN Melbourne
  529. Jim Kable
  530. David Bradbury, Public Officer Frontline Film Foundation
  531. Jo Vallentine
  532. Radhika Santhanam-Martin
  533. Michael Santhanam-Martin
  534. Barbara Guthrie, Rural Australians for Refugees Bellingen-Nambucca
  535. Maureen Kingshott, Rural Australians for refugees Bellingen-Nambucca
  536. Michael Johnson
  537. Greg Adey
  538. David Bailey
  539. David Bradbury
  540. Louise Marsden
  541. Elizabeth Evatt AC
  542. Byron Comninos
  543. Barbara der Kinderen
  544. Gerry der Kinderen
  545. Sheryl Wright
  546. John Lander, former Australian Ambassador
  547. Robin Gurr
  548. Dinah Eadie
  549. John Thurgar, MBE, OAM
  550. Dr Andre Vatarescu
  551. Peter Cowan
  552. Carmel Cowan
  553. Michael Woods
  554. Gillian Appleton
  555. Ditta Bartels
  556. David McCann
  557. Konrad Jones, Far North Queensland Friends of Palestine
  558. Robyne Stacey, committee member Eurobodalla Justice for Palestine
  559. Joelle Battestini
  560. Rev Peter Bean
  561. Ruth Armitage
  562. Dr Keith Mitchelson
  563. Bryn Harvey
  564. Dr Nicholas Cummings
  565. Sheryl Neasey
  566. Rob Tidd
  567. Tom Bertuleit
  568. Kevin Dick
  569. Michele McCrohan
  570. Margaret Edwards
  571. Patricia McGeough
  572. Joe Lenzo
  573. Christine Hooper
  574. John Hannah
  575. Hadia Mukhtar
  576. Louisa Romanous, Arab Australian Advocacy Group
  577. Bashir Sawalha, United Australian Palestinian Workers, Australian Palestinian Graduates Association
  578. Nicole Everett
  579. Dr Marie-Paule Austin
  580. Andrea Lloyd
  581. John-Janusz Ebel
  582. Jan Anderson
  583. Robyn Friend
  584. Rob Parkes
  585. Christine Bell
  586. Hans Rijsdijk
  587. Stewart Alexander Smith
  588. Barry Stevens
  589. Michael W Callanan
  590. Peter Henning
  591. Susan Rattray
  592. Roger Lee
  593. Evan Jones
  594. Francois (Max) Le Blond
  595. Jenny Beer
  596. Michael Johnston
  597. Rev Dr John Tyman OAM
  598. Helen McCue
  599. Peter Hehir
  600. Pamela Bailey
  601. Terese Henning