Josh Burns (politician)

Australian politician (born 1987)

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You lose faith in the reporting processes — I certainly don’t report everything I would otherwise, because I don’t think anything is going to be done about it,
It’s weird knowing they have to take abuse because they’re in a relationship with you — it’s an awful feeling... Georgie is not Jewish, obviously her partner is, her daughter is... it’s something she’s had to walk into and confront and she should never have had to do that,
It was pretty reckless and pretty dangerous,
The language in the examples reveals how antisemitic abuse directed at Georgie is compounded by misogynistic, often violence and sexualised commentary — directed at her because she is a woman,
You think, what about my own family? What are they going to do? Are they going to be safe?”

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