{"id":463950,"date":"2026-02-07T07:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463950\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T07:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:27:10","slug":"jewish-leader-condemns-graffiti-attack-on-andrew-hasties-office-in-mandurah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463950\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish leader condemns graffiti attack on Andrew Hastie’s office in Mandurah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jewish community leaders have condemned a derogatory slur spray-painted on federal MP Andrew Hastie’s electorate office in Western Australia.<\/p>\n

Staff at Mr Hastie’s office arrived to find the words ‘traitor goy’ spray-painted on the front of his electorate office in Mandurah, south of Perth, on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Perth Hebrew Congregation chief rabbi Daniel Lieberman said the term ‘goy’ had been used in recent years “as a derogatory term for a non-Jewish person who is too supportive of Jewish people”.<\/p>\n

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Perth Hebrew Congregation chief rabbi Daniel Lieberman has condemned the graffiti attack. (ABC News: Nic Perpitch)<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Mr Hastie has taken to social media to defend his support for new laws targeting hate groups, which passed with the support of the Liberals in mid-January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After initially declaring he would not be supporting Labor’s hate speech laws, which were drafted in response to the Bondi terror attack, he later voted for an amended version of the bill.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Hastie has declined to comment on the graffiti attack.\u00a0 (ABC News: David Sciasci)<\/p>\n

Mr Hastie’s social media posts explaining his decision to vote for the bill were flooded with comments from followers denouncing his support, with some calling him a “sell out”.<\/p>\n

The Canning MP and former frontbencher has declined to comment on the graffiti attack.<\/p>\n

‘Highly un-Australian’<\/p>\n

Federal Liberal MP and Jewish Australian Julian Leeser condemned the graffiti attack, describing it as “disgusting”.<\/p>\n

“Andrew Hastie did the right thing in voting for laws to kick out hate preachers and deal with radical Islamists and Neo-Nazis, I would have thought that was something that all Australians were opposed to,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Julian Leeser described the graffiti attack as “disgusting”. (AAP:\u00a0Bianca De Marchi)<\/p>\n

“It is very clearly, in my view, targeting Andrew for his support of Jewish Australians and all Australians in voting for laws that are designed to protect our community and deal with radical Islamists, Neo-Nazis and hate preachers.”<\/p>\n

Rabbi Lieberman said the graffiti incident was another example of vilification.<\/p>\n

What is in the government’s new hate speech laws?<\/a><\/p>\n

Parliament will return early next week to debate new hate speech laws. But what exactly does the legislation include?<\/p>\n

“The fact that it has been daubed on Andrew Hastie’s office seems to be meaning that Andrew Hastie is controlled by the Jews or is too close to the Jewish community, and he’s doing the bidding of the Jews in this hate speech legislation,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I think that in general we have a problem with vilification in our society.<\/p>\n

“People feel like if someone has a different opinion from them, that they have the right to abuse that person and to disrupt their life.<\/p>\n

“I find that highly un-Australian.”<\/p>\n

Mandurah Police were called to Mr Hastie’s electorate office on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Hastie has declined to comment on the graffiti. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

In a statement, WA Police said inquiries were ongoing and anyone with information about the incident should contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n

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