Antisemitism summit: John Howard says ‘God bless Sky News’ as Mark Dreyfus warns against partisanship | Weekly Beast

<p>Sharri Markson defends News Corp after attorney general says antisemitism ‘must not be weaponised’. Plus: a sprinkling of Australian culture for the NYT</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/21/australia-news-live-rba-michele-bullock-interest-rates-cost-of-living-election-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>“God bless Sky News,” the former prime minister John Howard said at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/20/mark-dreyfus-heckled-at-sky-news-antisemitism-conference-as-michael-sukkar-doubles-down-on-parliamentary-gag-ntwnfb">Sky News Australia’s antisemitism summit</a> on Thursday, at which he was the first speaker.</p><p>The Sky News journalist Sharri Markson, who organised and hosted the event, was also effusive about her employer’s leadership in convening the gathering.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2025/feb/21/antisemitism-summit-john-howard-says-god-bless-sky-news-as-mark-dreyfus-warns-against-partisanship">Continue reading...</a>