The government is struggling to fill its Islamophobia envoy vacancy
Anthony Albanese said weeks ago that an announcement on his Islamophobia envoy was imminent. But the process is proving a headache for the government.
The government is still finding it difficult to appoint an Islamophobia envoy, weeks after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claimed an announcement was imminent.
Labor announced earlier this year that it would create two envoy roles to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia, with both forms of bigotry on the rise since Hamas's attack on October 7 and Israel's subsequent invasion of Gaza.
Unveiling his anti-semitism envoy in mid-July, Albanese insisted there was “no delay” in the Islamophobia envoy process and promised to unveil the chosen candidate “very soon”. On Sunday, the prime minister confirmed he “has someone in mind” but did not flag a timing for the announcement.
Albanese had initially intended to announce the two envoys at the same time in a show of social cohesion.
