Grace Tame urges boycott of Murdoch newspapers at Sydney Gaza rally

Grace Tame spoke at a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney’s Hyde Park on Sunday, where organisers estimated about 5,000 people attended.

She urged supporters not to buy Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers and accused governments of using antisemitism to distract and divide Australians over Gaza.

Tame said the protest was about stopping violence, not religion or hatred.

It was her first public appearance in support of the Palestinian cause since she apologised for comments that appeared to dismiss reports of sexual violence during Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

Robert Gregory, president of the Australian Jewish Association, called her remarks deeply offensive and said antisemitism was a real threat to Jewish Australians.

Palestinian health officials say more than 74,000 people have been killed and 175,000 wounded in Israeli bombardments since the conflict began.

The sources give no further developments or next steps.