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Elections are usually a time of colourful candidates and robust debates, of tedious ads and glittering promises.  However, the 2019 Australian federal election campaign was marred with an unusually high number of incidents of racism and bigotry directed towards candidates.  Candidates of Aboriginal, Asian, Jewish and Arab-Muslim background were targeted. …

During this year’s Australian Federal Election campaign, three candidates who were running for parliamentary office in my own electorate of Melbourne Ports were scheduled to debate at a forum co-hosted by the Australian Jewish News and Zionism Victoria. The Greens candidate, Steph Hodgins-May withdrew from the debate claiming among her …