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
ending its illegal occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the illegal Wall
recognizing the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality
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
- Loud Jew Collective (LJC)
- Jews for Palestine Northern Rivers
- New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL)
- Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN)
- Unionists for Palestine Victoria
- Pax Christi Australia
- Green Left
- Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition (SPJC)
- Peoples Climate Assembly (PCA)
- Palestine Justice Movement Sydney (PJMS)
- Palestine Action Group Sydney (PAG)
- Socialist Alliance Sydney
- Greens for Palestine
- Wage Peace-Disrupt War
- Extinction Rebellion Peace ACT
- Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Australia
- Free Palestine Albury Wodonga
- City of Sydney for Palestine
- Blue Mountains for Palestine
- Central West for Palestine
- Just Peace Queensland
- Lake Macquarie Greens
- Christians for Peace Newcastle
- Newcastle Greens
- Families For Palestine
- Free Gaza Australia
- Free Palestine Newcastle
- Northern Rivers for Palestine
- No Weapons for Genocide
- Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN)
- Nurses and Midwives for Palestine (NAMP)
- Australian Friends Of Palestine Association (AFOPA)
- Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
- Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP)
- Mums for Palestine Magan-jin
- Borderlands Cooperative
- Top End Peace Alliance (TEPA)
- Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Emigrati e Famiglie (FILEF)
- Helios Matheson Analytics Shareholders Consortium (HMASC)
- Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR) Southern Highlands
- Free Palestine Apollo Bay
- Doctors Reform Society
- Cygnet for Palestine Collective Tasmania
- Union of Australian Women (UAW) Qld
- Women's Wisdom In The Church (WWITCH)
- Big Ride for Palestine (BRP) Australia
- Just Peace for Palestine (JPP) Qld
- Unionists for Palestine (U4P) SA
- Hindus for Human Rights
- Alliance Against Political Prosecutions (AAPP)
- Frontline Film Foundation (FFF)
- Far North Queensland Friends of Palestine
- Eurobodalla Justice for Palestine (EJFP)
- United Australian Palestinian Workers
- Australian Palestinian Graduates Association
- Arab Australian Advocacy Group
- Truth Not War
Individuals
- Mary Kostakidis
- Greg Barnes SC
- Professor Stuart Rees AM
- Margaret Reynolds AC, National President Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
- John Menadue AO
- Aran Martin
- Ahmad Shboul
- Linda Shboul
- Rami Meo
- Marina Glover, co-founder Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
- Madeleine Thorpe, co-founder Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
- Richard Broinowski
- Alison Broinowski, co-Patron Asian Association of Australian Studies
- Amirra Hajje
- Ali Kazak, former Palestinian Ambassador
- Paul Heywood-Smith SC, co-founder Australian Friends Of Palestine Association
- Cr Philipa Veitch
- Paz Seir
- Chip Eling
- Sawsan Madina, former Head of Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Television
- Nachshon Amir, Free Palestine Melbourne
- Sherri Hilario
- Richard Broinowski AO
- Lee Rhiannon, Dare to Struggle Film Projects
- Fabia Claridge
- Michelle Berkon
- Yaakov Aharon
- Mick Armstrong, National Executive Socialist Alternative
- Wendy Bacon, Past Professor of Journalism University of Technology Sydney
- Mariam Khmaladze
- Esther Berkon, Jews for Palestine Northern Rivers
- Alan Musry
- Jann Dark
- Eva Cox AO
- Dr Nicholas Wickham, Co-convenor SA State Committee of Medical Association for Prevention of War
- Graham Jones, co-director Kinetic Energy Theatre Company
- Dr Antonina Gentile
- Kerry Dwyer
- Nicole Dennis
- Rosie Cuff
- Vivienne Porzsolt
- Dr Barbara Bloch
- Kim Sattler
- Peter Geelan-Small
- Rick Kuhn
- Finbar Berkon
- Vidhya Karnamadakala
- Felicity Ruby
- Ahmed Abadla
- Jepke Goudsmit, co-director Kinetic Energy Theatre Company
- Sara Dowse
- Dr Ron Witton
- Miriam Margolyes OBE, actress
- Jeremy Rabie
- Luke Weyland
- Laurie Izaks MacSween
- Helen Meekosha
- Richard Bevins
- Evelyn Williames, co-convenor Amnesty Ashgrove Group Brisbane
- Allon J Uhlmann
- Marcelo Svirsky, Senior Lecturer University of Wollongong
- James Godfrey
- Asher McManus
- Liam Callaghan
- Nick Riemer
- Surya McEwan
- Matthew Wierzbicki
- Br John Walker MSC
- Persefoni Thliveris
- Jayden Mec'e
- Carol Powell
- Jim McIlroy
- Coral Wynter
- Ariel Johnson
- Marion Gevers
- Alison Harwood
- Rachel Evans, Branch Manager Sydney Socialist Alliance
- Wasim El-Haj
- Randa Kattan
- Pip Hinman
- Peter Boyle
- Sam Sherry
- Sonja Sedmak
- Pen McKinley-Rodgers, co-founder Friends of Palestine Port Macquarie
- Bruno Di Biase, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Caroline Graham
- Alison Howson
- Peter Hyland
- Ash Phthalo
- Ulani Berkon
- Taveet Sinanian
- Carlos Badelles Agito
- Ken Blackman
- Giulia Inga
- Silvio Ofria
- Tom Knowles
- Doug Hewitt AM
- Peter Murphy, Secretary Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition
- Fr Claude Mostowik MSC, President Pax Christi Australia, National Director Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre
- Rita Camilleri
- Dr Gideon Polya
- Nick Deane, Convenor Marrickville Peace Group
- Revd Dr Ray Williamson OAM, Vice-President Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
- Ms Maxine Caron
- Mr Gareth Smith
- Stefano Perfili
- Nils von Kalm, Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
- Jenny Forster
- Fayeza Khan
- Dr Chris Johansen, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network
- Barry Trembath
- Wallace McKitrick
- Julie Hart
- Thomas Magarey
- Paul Magarey
- Maureen Todhunter, Co-Convenor Just Peace Queensland
- Amy Blain, Chair Peoples Climate Assembly
- John L Smith
- Tamara Jacka, Emeritus Professor
- Margaret Reynolds AC
- Elise Klein
- Ahmed Alabadla
- Frances Warren
- Mara Hayler
- Stephen Brendan Kelly, Helios Matheson Analytics Shareholders Consortium
- Dr David Glanz
- Cate Adams
- Helen Rainger, President Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
- Brian Rainger
- Maureen Rainger
- Christine Hunter, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network
- Edward Down
- Andrew Telfer, committee member Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
- Ruth Telfer, Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
- Rosie Hippel
- Ali El-Hajj
- Brian Arnott
- Maureen Arnott
- Wendy Brown
- Michael Long, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network
- David Macilwain
- Peter Harpas, Secretary Independent and Peaceful Australia Network
- Jeannie Lucas, Secretary Australian Friends of Palestine Association
- Dr Kerryn Higgs
- Christine Sylva
- Robin Booth
- Jo Fenner
- Tanya El-Hajje
- Judith Treanor
- Malcolm Treanor
- Callum Treanor
- Ron Beer
- Martin Smith
- Pat Rix
- Catherine Fitzgerald
- Miriam Tonkin
- Marta Romer
- Dr Georgine Clarsen
- Shamsulnisa Alam
- Socorro C Cifuentes
- Nicole Pittorino
- Virginia Frost Raison
- Ken Raison
- Matthew Wierzbicki
- Denise McMullen
- Nicole Milinkovic
- Arthur Truman
- Alison Mackinnon
- Paul Desmond
- Margaret Pestorius, Wage Peace-Disrupt War
- Sue Herbert
- Dr Grant Banfield
- Dr Teja Kodali FRACP
- Ismaeel Qtaifan
- Dr Nandini Choudhury, MBBS FACEM PEM
- Elna Tulus
- Trish Luker
- Paulo Barros Cardoso
- Annette Connor
- Dr Carlo Gazzola
- Dr Annee Lawrence
- Christina Emblèm
- Richard R Emblèm
- Kathleen Patitsas
- Sue Spence
- Brian Purcell
- Dr Sana Pathan
- Colleen Mitrow
- Julia Weston
- Heather Robinson, Mental Health Chaplain
- Saskia Kouwenberg
- Dr Eileen Whitehead
- Ian P Kruger
- Eleanor Putnam, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
- Peter Cleary
- Kathryn Dolphin
- Matthew Rayner
- Sharon O'Phee
- Grace Byass
- Sarah Smith, Australian Services Union
- Sheri Lochner
- Wayne Cherrington
- Klaus Frohlich
- James Stuart Dixon
- Dr Laresa Kosloff
- Darryl Nelson, The Archer Earth Community
- Raven North
- Juanita Spinelli
- Evan Sandford Inglis
- Lucy Ridsdale
- Victoria Green
- Brooke Shelton, Mums for Palestine Magan-jin
- Dr Jock Churchman
- Elliot Orr
- Julanne Sweeney
- Eleni Nanos
- Mei-ing Cheok
- Lyn Bender
- Ruth Bauer
- Helen Pereira
- Chloe Vincent
- Robert Keyzer
- Jose Camilo Ballesteros
- Maria Carty
- Patrick Naidoo
- Barbara Nielsen
- Matisse McLennan
- Pamela Collett
- Peter Philp
- Michael Birch
- Margaret Bearlin, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Canberra and Region, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
- Marion Cincotta
- Dr Jane Thorn
- Kathryn Kelly
- John Russell
- Wendy Flannery
- Jack Lomax, status member Tasmanian Friends of Peace
- Jan O'Leary
- Helen Greer
- Deborah Stacey
- Donna Mullaly
- Dr Angela Molloy Murphy
- Gregoria Tamvakis
- Sr Anne Shay, Presentation Sisters Lismore
- Sheila Addison
- Karim Soliman
- David Thorn
- Vaughan Greenberg
- Nat Tunbridge
- Ann Marett
- Diana Davison Mowle
- Annette Brownlie
- Adele Goldie
- Dr Philippa Tandy
- Fay Waddington, Just Peace for Palestine Queensland
- Richard Stone
- Peter Collins
- Ciarán MacLennan
- Janine Cowie
- Jacqueline Henrion
- Brett Nutting
- Jonathan Heath
- Michael Smythe
- Judy Gillett-Ferguson
- David Fittell
- Robert Smith
- David Odling-Smee
- Meredith Corrigan
- Brian Corrigan
- Diana McAtee
- Robin Rothfield
- Treya Derrington, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
- Janette Connard
- Hon Sandra Kanck
- Karyn Fearnside
- Rose Boutin
- Denise seabright
- Vera Yee
- Anna McCormack
- Christina Bauer
- Dr David King, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Suzanne McCarthy
- Faye Gregson
- Clive Leslie Winmill
- John Mester
- Melise Reynolds
- James Cruz
- Rob Baker
- Alfredo Munoz
- Dr Malgorzata Schmidt
- Lynda Fletcher
- Pippa Robinson
- Anna Vanderbom
- Andre Mosen
- David Nicholas
- Jose Alvarez
- Richard Barnes
- Francine Bartlett
- Helen Lockton
- Maree Byrne
- Dale Dryen
- Chris Bouajila
- Jacqueline Moldovan
- Dr Marian Shanahan
- Jan Macnamara-Hammerton, Rural Australians for Refugees
- Geraldine Gillen, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
- Dr Pam Watson
- Lucy Bainger, Rural Australians for Refugees
- Sha Greenway
- Savanna Storm
- Reno Russo
- Michael Pfahl
- Ruth Hartcher-O'Brien
- Jan Brahe
- Sally Gray
- Peter Lockwood
- Sarah Cains
- Joy Davison-Lee
- Maree Tynan, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
- Anne Newton, Free Palestine Apollo Bay
- Dr Jacques Boulet, Borderlands Cooperative
- Thelma John
- Teresa Sewell-Kasim
- Dr Jess Hartcher-O'Brien
- Lynette Chamas
- Daniel Berg
- Ann Reed
- Kim Brill
- Ben Laycock
- Cathy Crawley
- Susanna Pearson, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
- Thomas Goodman, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
- Diana Rickard, Top End Peace Alliance
- Lachlan Judson
- Andrew Morrison
- Giles O'Brien-Hartcher
- Rosemary Grant
- Rina Cohen
- Dr Robyn Gilbertson
- MichaEL, Australian Friends of Palestine Association, Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
- Robin Smith
- Lisa Byrne
- Jamie Chancellor
- Nell Smith
- Glin Martin
- Mary Waterford AM
- Adam Hadad
- David Javid
- Dr Raghid Nahhas
- Gwyneth Bray, Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine
- Dr L Stanley Martin
- Doreen Martin
- Ruth Ann Haig
- Heather McClelland
- Sue Kinneally
- Kirsten Mayer
- Jola Jones
- Joanna O'Brien
- Marion Hibbs
- Angela Swan
- Sally Waterford
- Vandana Herur
- Dr Terry Lustig
- Dr Eileen Lustig
- Annie Pfingst
- Stephen Langford
- Sonia Kulkarni
- Dave Mass
- Gill Graham
- Stephen Kimber
- Stefan White
- Fiona Sullivan
- Janet Mitchell
- Gail Grossman Freyne
- Margaret Mckenzie
- Graham Chaffey
- Joan Brodie
- Patrick Widows
- Brian Dwyer
- Jenny Ransley
- Graeme Dunstan
- Michael Vandelaar
- Roger Irving
- A.J. O'Grady
- Sue Booth
- Pasqualino Monea
- Judy Fitzpatrick
- Jim Yarnold
- Mary McLaughlin
- Michael Dixon
- Siobhan Gallagher
- Wendy Throsby
- Ann Cleary
- Peter Moss KC
- Lynn McCarty
- Anne Greaves
- Rev Dr Wayne Sanderson
- Robert H Boulden
- Warren Jon Niehaus
- Robert Reynolds
- Margaret Christensen
- Caroline Fitzwarryne
- Dave and Mandy Willson
- Martha Ansara
- Mary McKittrick
- Andrew Farran
- Stan Holmes
- Elena Torday
- Lǔdek Rosendorf
- Don Macrae
- Kevin Fine
- Stefan Moore
- Maria Holland
- Peter Sainsbury
- Antoinette Simon
- Dave Avenell
- Alf Salter
- Angela Smith
- Leon Knight
- John Brennan
- Darko Markovic
- Dr Patricia Reid
- Michael Stewart
- Jacqueline Henrion
- Jane Juttner
- Sue Shepherd
- Patrick Byrne
- Ian Dillon
- Judy Dillon
- David Thomas
- Sylvia Hale
- Peter Keightly
- Cr Gaetano Greco
- Dr Ben Bartlett
- Francoise Dupen
- Dr Maria Angel
- Dr Michael Karadjis
- Michael J Needham
- Tom Cowan
- Colin Dyer
- Mardhi Reid
- Judy Attwood, Union of Australian Women Queensland
- Jim Mills
- Susan Prentice
- Dr Graeme McLeay
- Veronica Paul
- Carmel Shute
- Sharon McAuliffe
- Leslie Rosenblatt
- Veronica White
- Dr Eleanor Flynn, media officer Women's Wisdom In The Church
- Judy Pile
- Felicity Cook
- Prof Peter Macdonald
- Prof Caroline de Costa
- Bouthaina Mayall
- Asst Prof Anitra Nelson
- Bernard Slattery
- Marika Czaja
- Jane Carnegie
- Di Hadlow
- Terry Hadlow
- Andrew Garton
- Dr Tim Woodruff, Vice Pres Doctors Reform Society
- Donald Barnes
- Lachlan Hurse, Big Ride for Palestine Australia
- Jack Flanigan
- Fay Waddington
- Joanna Thomson
- Perry Brown
- Robert Galland
- Robert Stainsby
- Liz Tidemann
- Christine Kerr
- Dr Barbara Hall
- Helen McSkimming
- Sr Mary Burke
- Joan Bautovich
- Anthony Clarke
- Gwyneth Anderton
- Anne Sheldon
- Dr Chris Aulich
- Mike Griffin
- Barbara Walton, Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
- Ian Were
- Dr Trevor McQuillan
- Markie Linhart
- Mike Field
- Evelyn Konstantinidis
- David Toma
- Fergus McPherson
- Dr Devleena Ghosh, Hindus for Human Rights
- Gina Woodward
- Mia Heriot
- Philip Edwards
- Jeannette Baxter
- Donald Latter
- Mick Trimmer
- Dr Carmel Laragy
- Josephine Scicluna, Co-Convenor Writers in Prison, member PEN Melbourne
- Joy Hogan
- Deborah Bryant
- Adrian Foley
- Constantine Pakavakis
- Sally J Sutton
- Dr John Challis, former Director ABC Science Unit
- Cherie Studwell
- Peter Bradbury
- Robyn Coleman
- Lydia Miceli
- Léonie Ebert, Founder The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation
- Claire M Russell
- John Forest
- Marie Ryan, Co-convenor Australians Against Political Prosecutions
- Scott McInnes
- Mary Randall
- Christopher Baker
- Sarah Russell
- Des Moore
- Kathleen van Leeuwen
- Michelle Fahy
- Saba Mustafa
- Judith Bancroft
- Sandi Keane
- Christine McKenzie, President PEN Melbourne
- Dr Henk van Leeuwen
- Pamela McWilliams
- Jackie Mansourian, member PEN Melbourne
- Jim Kable
- David Bradbury, Public Officer Frontline Film Foundation
- Jo Vallentine
- Radhika Santhanam-Martin
- Michael Santhanam-Martin
- Barbara Guthrie, Rural Australians for Refugees Bellingen-Nambucca
- Maureen Kingshott, Rural Australians for refugees Bellingen-Nambucca
- Michael Johnson
- Greg Adey
- David Bailey
- David Bradbury
- Louise Marsden
- Elizabeth Evatt AC
- Byron Comninos
- Barbara der Kinderen
- Gerry der Kinderen
- Sheryl Wright
- John Lander, former Australian Ambassador
- Robin Gurr
- Dinah Eadie
- John Thurgar, MBE, OAM
- Dr Andre Vatarescu
- Peter Cowan
- Carmel Cowan
- Michael Woods
- Gillian Appleton
- Ditta Bartels
- David McCann
- Konrad Jones, Far North Queensland Friends of Palestine
- Robyne Stacey, committee member Eurobodalla Justice for Palestine
- Joelle Battestini
- Rev Peter Bean
- Ruth Armitage
- Dr Keith Mitchelson
- Bryn Harvey
- Dr Nicholas Cummings
- Sheryl Neasey
- Rob Tidd
- Tom Bertuleit
- Kevin Dick
- Michele McCrohan
- Margaret Edwards
- Patricia McGeough
- Joe Lenzo
- Christine Hooper
- John Hannah
- Hadia Mukhtar
- Louisa Romanous, Arab Australian Advocacy Group
- Bashir Sawalha, United Australian Palestinian Workers, Australian Palestinian Graduates Association
- Nicole Everett
- Dr Marie-Paule Austin
- Andrea Lloyd
- John-Janusz Ebel
- Jan Anderson
- Robyn Friend
- Rob Parkes
- Christine Bell
- Hans Rijsdijk
- Stewart Alexander Smith
- Barry Stevens
- Michael W Callanan
- Peter Henning
- Susan Rattray
- Roger Lee
- Evan Jones
- Francois (Max) Le Blond
- Jenny Beer
- Michael Johnston
- Rev Dr John Tyman OAM
- Helen McCue
- Peter Hehir
- Pamela Bailey
- Terese Henning