Boycott The Daily Telegraph

For decades, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph has profited from targeting and vilifying minority communities. Its front pages have consistently targeted Muslims, First Nations people, refugees, Asian communities, Palestinians, and other vulnerable groups.

Now, the same communities that the Telegraph regularly stereotypes and politicises are fighting back. Launched in July, Boycott The Daily Telegraph is a movement of ordinary people urging advertisers, businesses and members of the public to withhold financial support for a media outlet that makes money from spreading hate, fear and misinformation.

Join Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi, journalist and author Antony Loewenstein, NSW Civil Liberties Council President Timothy Roberts and the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network’s Nour Salman for a town-hall discussion of why Sydney needs to boycott the Telegraph – and how ordinary people can get involved.

Pick up some campaign merch, grab some food and a coffee, and learn how you can be part of holding the Daily Telegraph to account.

Speakers

Dr Mehreen Faruqi is an Australian Greens and Senator for NSW. She is a civil and environmental engineer and a life-long activist for social, environmental and racial justice.

Mehreen became the first Muslim woman to sit in any Australian parliament when she joined the NSW Parliament in 2013. In 2018, she took her proudly feminist and anti-racist approach to Canberra when she joined the federal Senate. 

In her time in Parliament, Mehreen has been an unflinching voice on social, environmental and racial justice, pushing to dismantle the systems of power, privilege and patriarchy.

Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, film-maker and author of the global best-selling book, The Palestine Laboratory. He's the host of The Antony Loewenstein Podcast and has appeared on the BBC, Al Jazeera English and CNN.

Nour Salman is the Anti-Palestinian Racism Project Lead at APAN. She is a seasoned geopolitical analyst and communications professional, with a history leveraging open-source intelligence and analysis techniques to interpret complex events and security developments in the SWANA region. Passionate about social justice and care, she is an active member and advocate in the Palestinian community.

Timothy Roberts is the President of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, a former teacher who now works as a lawyer supporting and advocating on behalf of doctors and before that the teaching profession.