10 July 2025: We are deeply alarmed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s embrace of recommendations that would see public funding withheld from universities, media organisations, and arts institutions unless they adopt a deeply contested definition of antisemitism—one that dangerously conflates criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews.
Read MoreStatement: FPM condemns attack on the East Melbourne Synagogue
8 July 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on the East Melbourne Synagogue.
Read MoreMedia Release: Melbourne Man Joins Flotilla to Break the Siege of Gaza
7 July 2025: Rob Martin, a retired businessman from Clyde North, will fly to Italy tomorrow to join the international campaign to break Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip.
Read MoreFPM Statement: Condemnation of Israeli military strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran
13 June 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne strongly condemns the recent military strikes carried out by the Israeli occupation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which resulted in the killing of civilians, including women and children, and targeted both civilian and strategic sites.
Read MoreMedia Release: Australian Government Must Respond to Abduction of Gaza-Bound Aid Workers by Israel
9 June 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne condemns the Israeli military’s unlawful interception and abduction of international volunteers aboard the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The ship was in international waters, en route to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, when it was stormed by Israeli forces and diverted to Israel.
Read MoreStatement: On the media narrative linking the Greens’ electoral losses to their stance on Palestine
10 May 2025: In recent days, we’ve seen a wave of commentary linking the Greens’ electoral losses to their principled support for Palestinian human rights and pro-Palestine rallies. This narrative is not only inaccurate—it is irresponsible.
Read MoreMedia Release: Wills Candidates and Community Leaders Forum
On Tuesday 15th April, 6:30pm, Free Palestine Melbourne and Muslim Votes Matter are hosting a joint Justice at the Ballot Box forum of political candidates and community leaders at Schoolhouse Studios in Coburg.
Read MoreMedia Release: Exalting war crimes
20 November 2024 – Tomorrow evening, two Israeli soldiers who participated directly in the ongoing genocide in Gaza will be lauded as heroes at an event hosted by WIZO Victoria and the St Kilda Hebrew Congregation. These soldiers were part of the IDF’s Paratroopers Reconnaisance Unit, which stands accused by human rights advocates of involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity during Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza.
Read MoreMedia Release: Free Palestine Melbourne Deplores Calls to Relocate Rallies
14 October 2024: Free Palestine Melbourne, the largest Palestine solidarity organisation in Melbourne, rejects calls by mayoral aspirants Nick Reece and Arron Wood to restrict the right of protestors to rally against Israel’s escalating war against the people of Palestine and Lebanon.
Read MoreMedia Release: Free Palestine Melbourne and Victorian Trades Hall to merge May Day Rallies
2 May 2024: On Sunday 5 May Free Palestine Melbourne and Victorian Trades Hall will hold coordinated May Day rallies.
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