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British Egyptian actor and activist Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner, The Crown, The Square) spoke at the Free Palestine Naksa Day Rally in Naarm on Sunday June 7 where he mentioned his connection to the Free Marwan Barghouti campaign and paid tribute to the Free Palestine Melbourne movement.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Jun 8-14, 2026

State-funded broadcasters carry special obligations under international law that commercial outlets don’t. When the World Court put states on notice of a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza, Australia’s public broadcaster should have reported it plainly. Instead, for over two years, it referred the word “genocide” upward; it humanised Israelis 1.58 times more than Palestinians; and it unlawfully sacked Antoinette Lattouf for sharing evidence of Israel’s crimes, then chose to spend over $2.6M in taxpayer money defending its surrender to the Israel lobby. Under cover of “impartiality”, this is how “our ABC” primed Australians to consent to complicity in genocide.

In November 2023, more than 270 Australian journalists signed an open letter calling for fairer Gaza coverage. Consequently, senior editors at Nine's mastheads, all of whom had taken lobby-funded trips to Israel, banned signatories from covering the conflict. Two months later, an Israeli tank fired on an ambulance the army had cleared to reach six-year-old Hind Rajab, killing her and the paramedics. It made headlines worldwide — but across 2024, News Corp and Nine published no original reporting on it. This editorial blackout of verified atrocity crimes is a distinct mechanism of impunity, erasing the victims and enabling the perpetrators.

The Australian epitomises editorial complicity: it published a denial of deliberate starvation two weeks after leaked Israeli cabinet transcripts confirmed it was chosen as a strategy of war; it printed over 100 pro-Israel letters and none critical, as 300,000 Australians marched for humanity; and while it referenced Randa Abdel-Fattah in 412 articles, our research found 148 referencing Louise Adler, including 23 dedicated attack pieces, 17 alone in the fortnight of her Adelaide Writers’ Week resignation. John Lyons, its former Jerusalem correspondent, says only three people can tell its editors what to run: Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and AIJAC’s Colin Rubenstein.

For over two years, Australian media counterweighted the largest sustained protest movement in Australia’s history, dissipating public pressure to prevent Israel’s genocide. This cornerstone submission traces a lobby–media–state nexus through lobby-funded travel cultivating compliant editors; co-ordinated complaints, smears, sackings and litigation enforcing silence; and the exploitation of Bondi grief to recast solidarity as bigotry and manufacture a mandate to criminalise it. The Royal Commission now interrogating public discourse has itself adopted the lobby’s definition of antisemitism. Australian media didn’t just fail the public’s right to know; it primed consent for complicity in genocide, and for punishing those who oppose it.

25 May 2026: Free Palestine Melbourne condemns the Herald Sun’s front-page headline characterising Marwan Barghouti solely as a “convicted Palestinian terrorist.” This framing, employed by journalists Alex White and Carly Douglas, reflects a troubling pattern of one-sided reporting on Palestinian affairs...

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: May 24-31, 2026

Fri. 19 June 2026, 6:15pm, Cinema Nova VIC: Join Free Palestine Melbourne’s screening of Tantura, a documentary film directed by Alon Schwarz that examines the events surrounding the Palestinian coastal village of Tantura in 1948 during the Nakba.

Sat. 6 June 2026, 10am, Fashion Fun Run, Naarm/Melbourne.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: May 18-24, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: May 11-17, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: May 4-10, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Apr 20-26, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Apr 13-19, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Apr 6-12, 2026

Wed 15 April 6:30pm: Abduction, imprisonment & torture are crucial tools of Israel’s genocide & occupation in Palestine. Hear the truth from behind the bars - and demand freedom for Palestinian political prisoners.

Fri 17 April 6:30pm Cinema Nova: Join Free Palestine Melbourne’s screening of Tomorrow’s Freedom, a documentary telling the story of Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti — described as Palestine’s Nelson Mandela.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Mar 30-Apr 5, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Mar 23-29, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Mar 16-22, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Mar 9-15, 2026

Forum: Tuesday 24 March 2026, 6:30pm, Melbourne VIC.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Mar 2-8, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Feb 23-Mar 01, 2026

Free Palestine Melbourne has launched a campaign demanding Australia push for the immediate release of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned by Israel since 2002. Amid escalating threats to his life, the campaign joins a global call backed by hundreds of prominent figures worldwide.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Feb 16-22, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Feb 9-15, 2026

Saturday 14 February 2025, 6pm-10pm, Keysborough VIC.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & regional Victoria: Feb 2-8, 2026

Wednesday 25 February 2026, 6:30pm, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Melbourne.

Saturday 7 February 2026, 12:30pm-5pm, Coburg VIC.

Nationwide protest Monday 9 February 2026 - Melbourne, 5:30pm at Flinders Street Station.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2026

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: Jan 19-25, 2026.

16 January 2026: Free Palestine Melbourne rejects Labor’s proposed hate speech bill as a dangerous and anti-democratic measure that will stifle free speech and Palestine activism.

Israeli President Herzog could be coming to Australia at any time, so we need to be ready to act at short notice. For alerts, follow on Instagram and subscribe to our email list.

Snap Action, 5pm, Wednesday 14 January 2026; outside the British Consulate, 1 Collins St, Melbourne VIC.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: Jan 12-18, 2026.

10 January 2026: We stand in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah following her expulsion from the Adelaide Festival's Writers’ Week program. We condemn the Festival's very clear and unambiguous anti-Palestinian racism.

FPM Media Report January 11 2026

FPM Media Report December 30 2025

29 December 2025: The Free Palestine movement will rally outside of the State Library of Victoria on Sunday, 11 January 2026 at 12pm to oppose Israeli violations and protest the visit of Israeli President, Isaac Herzog to Australia.

15 December 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne is appalled and deeply saddened by the massacre at Bondi beach. We extend our condolences to the family and friends of the victims.

FPM Media Report December 14 2025

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: Dec 15-21, 2025.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: Dec 8-14, 2025.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: Dec 1-7, 2025.

What’s On around Naarm/Melbourne & Regional Victoria: Nov 24-30, 2025 With thanks to the dedicated activists at Friends of the Earth Melbourne! . . . See also these Palestine events listings from around the country:

20 November 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne is shocked and appalled that a pro-Israel group is holding an event aimed primarily at children that celebrates the killing of Lebanese people.