Senator Shared Antisemitic Mural Image in 2024 Post

A senator posted an image of a mural titled Freedom for Humanity on social media in May 2024, writing that it was the most powerful picture he had ever seen. The mural shows figures with exaggerated features gathered around a Monopoly-style board and includes a pyramid with an eye and a sign reading The New World Order is the enemy of humanity.

Local authorities removed the mural from a wall in London in 2012 after residents complained it was antisemitic.

Background on the mural The mural was painted by graffiti artist Kalen Ockerman, known as Mear One. Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn initially defended the artist before apologizing and calling the image deeply disturbing and antisemitic. Mear One has said the work addressed class and privilege rather than ethnicity.

Jewish organizations The Executive Council of Australian Jewry included the post in its 2024 antisemitism report, noting that the senator added his own globalist conspiracist words. Dr Dvir Abramovich, chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, said the senator had shared one of the most notorious antisemitic murals of our time.

Abramovich called on the senator to delete the posts and repudiate the mural. Labor MP Dr Mike Freelander said the senator's statements were often antisemitic and described them as part of the ongoing One Nation circus.

Earlier statements The senator has previously denied being antisemitic.

In 2017 he said he respected and admired Jews and that no one religion was involved in his views. Sources told the outlet that the senator's office received multiple complaints about the post at the time.