Former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis has been accused of racial vilification. Zionist Federation of Australia chief executive Alon Cassuto has filed a complaint against her.
Mary Kostakidis, a respected former newsreader and public face of the national multicultural broadcaster, SBS, is accused of misusing her public standing and social media following to share “extreme and hateful speech” against Jews.
Sharing a link to the speech on her social media account on January 4, Kostakidis declared: “The Israeli govt getting some of its own medicine. Israel has started something it can’t finish with this genocide.” Kostakidis compared the war in Gaza to the extermination of Jews at Auschwitz and likened Israel to Nazis. She promoted conspiracy theories about convicted paedophile“Since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Mary Kostakidis has shared extreme propaganda with her 30,000 Twitter followers, including a Hamas pamphlet that sought to justify its sadistic massacre,” Cassuto said on Sunday.
The Human Rights Commission complaint against Kostakidis is under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, which makes it unlawful to publicly offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate a person or group on the basis of race, colour or national or ethnic origin.A freedom of speech provision also contained in the act exempts artistic works, scientific debate and fair comment on matters of public interest. To make use of this defence, a respondent must demonstrate they acted in good faith.
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