Executive Officer at Jewish Council of Australia
Sarah is a human rights lawyer. She is a Principal Managing Lawyer at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service where she represents clients in the areas of police accountability, the rights of people in prison and coronial inquests into Aboriginal deaths in custody.. She is also a Lecturer at Melbourne University Law School. Sarah was awarded a John Monash Scholarship in 2019 and completed a Master of Laws at Harvard University focused on racism and mass incarceration. Sarah has written for publications including The Age, The Guardian, Crikey, The Conversation, Overland and academic journals.
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the Coalition’s proposal to include antisemitism questions in Australia’s citizenship test
I think Peter Dutton and the Coalition are clearly trying to use the Jewish community and very real fears about […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to AFR about the recent police statements about the Dural explosives caravan
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to the Australian Financial Review for a piece titled “Jewish community queries police on ‘bizarre’ antisemitic […]
Jewish Council’s criticism of Australian universities’ new antisemitism definition covered by The Guardian, Asia Pacific Report and Pearls & Irritations
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to a range of publications about Australian universities’ new antisemitism definition. An excerpt of Sarah’s comments […]
Sarah Schwartz interviewed by The Sunday Shot
Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on The Sunday Shot for an interview where she discussed the Jewish Council’s mission, Zionism and […]
NBC coverage of Sarah Schwartz’s comments about the recent antisemitic attacks
NBC News has a piece out titled “Australia struggles to address a surge in antisemitic attacks,” which includes Sarah Schwartz’s […]
Sarah Schwartz appears on ABC News Breakfast to talk about the continued antisemitic attacks in Australia
Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on ABC News Breakfast to talk about the continued antisemitic attacks in Australia. Click here to […]
