Budget 2025: $178 Million For ‘Social Cohesion’ Including Palestine, Refugee Funding

Measures include support for Palestine, refugees, the Australian-African community, and the Adass Israel Synagogue which was firebombed in late 2024.

A man waves a Palestinian flag in front of police officers during protests and blockades aimed at disrupting the Land Forces International Defence Expo on Spencer Street in Melbourne, Australia on Sept. 11, 2024. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Australian federal budget includes more than $178 million ($112 million) in taxpayer funds to “support social cohesion in Australia.”

Labor’s social cohesion funding includes projects for organisations supporting refugees from Palestine and Israel.