From an episode of Future PerfectPresented by Dylan Bird

Interview

Future Perfect: Antony Loewenstein On Australia's Inaction On Gaza

This past weekend saw a huge protest in Sydney calling out Australia’s inaction on the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.

Dylan Bird is joined by independent journalist Antony Loewenstein to understand what’s behind the Albanese government’s lack of real action against Israel, the push for recognition of a Palestinian state, and the plausibility of a one or two state solution.

“After nearly two years of genocide in Gaza we’re still not sanctioning any serious entity in Israel … and that says everything you need to know about this illusion of outrage - which is what the Albanese government is doing in the hope that it fools people, and 100,000 people in Sydney yesterday said it’s not fooling anybody.”

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Antony Loewenstein
Listen to Future Perfect: Antony Loewenstein On Australia's Inaction On Gaza19:434 August 2025