richard shields Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/richard-shields/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Mon, 04 Dec 2023 03:55:19 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 “Free Palestine” under an Israeli flag in Sydney https://www.jwire.com.au/free-palestine-under-an-israeli-flag-in-sydney/ https://www.jwire.com.au/free-palestine-under-an-israeli-flag-in-sydney/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 03:54:27 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=153499 Graffiti featuring the words “Free Palestine” was spray painted on the wall in front of Sydney’s Woollahra Council Chambers last week. It was promptly removed within hours a few hours. The graffiti was located adjacent to the flagpoles where the Australian flag, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, and the most recent addition – […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/free-palestine-under-an-israeli-flag-in-sydney/feed/ 0 153499 Woollahra mayor visits Israel’s ambassador https://www.jwire.com.au/woollahra-mayor-visits-israels-ambassador/ https://www.jwire.com.au/woollahra-mayor-visits-israels-ambassador/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:51:15 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=152121 The mayor of the Sydney municipality of Woollahra visited Canberra yesterday with a personal message to Israel’s ambassador to Australia. This follows a letter Mayor Richard Shields sent to Ambassador Amir Maimon earlier this month following Oct 7 advising him of the Council “acknowledging this shocking act and calling for my fellow Councillor colleagues to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/woollahra-mayor-visits-israels-ambassador/feed/ 1 152121 Two top appointments for Richard https://www.jwire.com.au/two-top-appointments-for-richard/ https://www.jwire.com.au/two-top-appointments-for-richard/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:14:38 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=151138 Richard Shields has been appointed the NSW State Director of the Liberal Party and, in the same week, elected as Mayor of Woollahra. Richard told J-Wire: “Having grown up in a rented apartment with my mother and brother in a unit a stone’s throw from the Council Chambers I am extremely humbled and honoured to […]

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