Sarah Schwartz

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.

  • Crikey and WSWS report on media’s misrepresentations of Sarah Schwartz

    Crikey recently reported on the media’s misrepresentation of Sarah’s speech, and WSWS (World Socialist Web Site) reported on the Murdoch […]

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  • Read Sarah Schwartz’s article in the Guardian and speech in full – when Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe

    Dear supporters, Today, our Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz published this article in the Guardian, about how Peter Dutton and the […]

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  • Offensive smear campaign by the Murdoch Press against the Jewish Council’s anti-racism work and Sarah Schwartz

    Dear supporters, Today marks 237 years since the commencement of the violent dispossession of First Nations peoples from this land. […]

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  • Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the recent antisemitic attacks in Sydney

    Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian about the recent antisemitic attacks in Sydney. An excerpt from Sarah’s response quoted […]

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  • Sarah Schwartz speaks to ABC about the Government’s announcement of a national antisemitic crime database

    Sarah Schwartz recently responded to the Government’s announcement of a national antisemitic crime database. Click here to listen to the […]

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  • Sarah Schwartz speaks to ABC Mornings about ensuring that people can protest

    Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to ABC Mornings about the recent protests and the right to protest. Click here to listen […]

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