NIF Australia Podcast
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -The New Israel Fund Australia podcast brings you interviews, stories and events with some of Israel and Diaspora Jewry's most influential and impactful voices.
NIF is a partnership of Israelis and supporters of Israel worldwide, dedicated to a vision of Israel as both the Jewish homeland and a democracy for all its citizens. We promote freedom, equality and social justice in Israel by funding Israeli non-profits and fostering new discussions in the Australian Jewish community.
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Making Hope with Maoz Inon and Hamze Awawde
February 26, 2024 21:23 - 57 minutes - 131 MBOur conversation with peace activists Maoz Inon and Hamze Awawde as we continue to reel from the events of October 7 and the subsequent violence since. Maoz lost his parents in the horrific attacks of October 7 and has since become a leading voice for peace in international media. Hamze is a Palestinian peace activist and conflict resolution expert, committed to leading programs that bring Jewish Israelis and Palestinians together. In these times of crisis the commitment to peace, just...
Social Cohesion Amidst Rising Tension: A Conversation with Josh Burns MP and Allegra Spender MP
December 17, 2023 21:11 - 54 minutes - 124 MBOver the past few weeks, it has become clear that there is a need to address the rising tensions in Australian society. NIF is proud to bring you an important conversation that promises to provide a nuanced understanding of our current reality, and the need to strengthen social cohesion during these difficult times. Join us for an engaging discussion with Josh Burns MP and Allegra Spender MP, hosted by Geraldine Doogue. Both Josh and Allegra provide an important lens into the local conte...
Conversation with Dr Yeela Raanan, Regional Council of Unrecognised Villages
November 27, 2023 23:55 - 30 minutes - 22.8 MBOur conversation with Dr Yeela Raanan of the Regional Council of Unrecognised Villages (RCUV). Donate to and learn about RCUV's work, particularly at this crucial moment, here: https://www.nif.org.au/donate
Conversation with Dr Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha (For the Jewish International Film Festival 2023)
November 27, 2023 23:50 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBOur conversation with Dr Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha for the Jewish International Film Festival 2023, recorded November 12 2023. Yasmeen is a young doctor, specialising in internal medicine, who is currently acting as the Executive Director of Rodaina, an NGO she founded that aims to prevent genetic diseases in the Middle East, especially in the Bedouin community. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Project Wadi Attir, Yanabia, Tamar Center, and AJEEC-NISPED, all are social projects and NG...
Planting Justice: Working together for human rights and peace during a time of great tumult
August 07, 2023 03:15 - 55 minutes - 44.9 MBFor many years, activists have joined together across sectors to fight for land and rights for those in the occupied Palestinian territories and within Israel. This work has been made all the more challenging today, by major increases in settler violence, enabled by Israel’s most right wing government in history that only this week, continued to expand its authority to advance its “unreasonable” agenda. In the face of these very challenges, Israelis and Palestinians continue to come togeth...
Emergency Webinar with International NIF Leadership
April 05, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBIt is a dramatic time in Israel. With Netanyahu’s government determined to proceed with their legislation seeking to reform Israel’s democratic infrastructure, we have witnessed Israel’s largest protest movement ever. This broad protest movement turned into an inspiring non-violent uprising. Hundreds of thousands of citizens woke up, stood up and shouted – demanding freedom, equality and democracy – some for the first time in their lives. Many across the globe did the same. So what is nex...
Emergency Briefing: Extremism Explodes in the West Bank
March 09, 2023 03:31 - 47 minutes - 37.3 MBAfter two Israelis were murdered in the occupied Palestinian territories on Sunday evening, Israeli settlers rampaged through the village of Huwara, killing one Palestinian resident and injuring 98 more. This horrific night – which news organisations including the Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post have called a ‘pogrom’ – comes amid growing violence in the West Bank, with Israel’s far-right government and Jewish supremacist ministers, as well as settlers themselves, calling for an increas...
Thomas Friedman on the Recent Israeli & US Midterm Elections
November 14, 2022 02:24 - 37 minutes - 70.6 MBAs we reflect on our own election results in Australia, yet another Israeli election and the changes in the US since 2020, multiple Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman joined NIF Australia for a wide-ranging discussion. You can watch this event as a video on YouTube.
Israel’s Election Merry-Go-Round: An Update from Anshel Pfeffer
September 13, 2022 20:23 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBJoin Anshel Pfeffer, one of Israel’s leading political journalists, for a detailed update ahead of Israel’s fifth election in four years. With Anshel’s expertise and unique analysis, this is a great opportunity to understand the latest news, candidates, party mergers and new government possibilities, and ask your questions about what it means for Israeli democracy, the likelihood of ongoing instability and the future for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This is an audio recordin...
NIF + Haaretz: Live in Australia
June 21, 2022 01:15 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBJoin two leading journalists from Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper and one of its most influential media outlets, for in-depth analysis on Israeli politics one year into the new coalition government, reflections on the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a discussion on future of Israel’s relationship with Diaspora Jewry. Noa Landau, Haaretz’s deputy editor-in-chief, and Judy Maltz, a thirty year veteran of the paper who covers the Jewish world, join this special event, ...
A Conversation with Ehud Olmert: Peace, War and the Future
May 18, 2022 04:33 - 1 hour - 122 MBJoin our special discussion with Ehud Olmert, Israel’s 12th prime minister, about his new book Searching for Peace. You can watch this podcast as the original video even, if you prefer. Click through to watch on YouTube. Written during his 16 month incarceration for receiving a bribe, the book charts his journey from young Knesset member for the Likud party, to mayor of Jerusalem and finally to prime minister, and his thoughts on the future of relations between Israelis and Palestinians....
A Conversation with Ohad Naharin: Israel, Dance & the Sydney Festival
January 25, 2022 04:14 - 49 minutes - 91 MBListen to our event with Israel Prize winning choreographer and contemporary dancer Ohad Naharin. You can watch the full event on our YouTube page. Over the last month, calls to boycott the Sydney Festival after it received sponsorship from the Israeli embassy for a production of Naharin’s Decadance have featured prominently on social and mainstream media. One of Israel’s most celebrated cultural identities, our conversation with Naharin will canvas his work over more than three decade...
Launch of “Can We Talk About Israel?” with Daniel Sokatch
December 07, 2021 06:46 - 1 hour - 58 MBYou can watch this event as a video on YouTube. Join NIF’s global CEO Daniel Sokatch for a Q&A and discussion about his newly released book, “Can We Talk About Israel?” Written from his front row seat running NIF, the book grapples with the many fraught conversations that we have about modern Israel today – the settlements, the status of Arab-Israelis, Evangelical support for Israel, the BDS movement and more – in an accessible format, introducing readers to inspiring Israeli activists w...
Weaponing Antisemitism? – A Conversation About the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
November 23, 2021 23:35 - 1 hour - 122 MBThis is the audio version of an event we ran on Tuesday 23 November. You can watch it in full on YouTube. If the last few years have taught us anything, it's that antisemitism remains a real threat to Jews around the world. Yet, the push to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism in law and policy – a move recently embraced by the Morrison government – has been opposed by leading Jewish American organisations and others who fear it h...
Reem Younis & Naomi Chazan on Rebuilding Jewish-Arab Shared Society – 10 Years of NIF Australia
November 05, 2021 03:22 - 22 minutes - 41.6 MBWatch this on YouTube Join our discussion with two leaders from NIF's global board – Naomi Chazan, former deputy speaker of the Knesset, and Reem Younis, co-founder of Nazareth-based Alpha Omega and hi-tech entrepreneur – on the future of Jewish-Arab shared society in Israel after the inter-communal violence earlier this year. This clip is part of NIF's celebration of 10 years event. Watch the full video on YouTube.
In Conversation with Senator Penny Wong – 10 Years of NIF Australia
November 05, 2021 03:19 - 11 minutes - 20.8 MBWatch this on YouTube Join Labor's shadow foreign affairs minister Senator the Hon. Penny Wong for a discussion on challenges facing liberal democracies, human rights and the situation in Israel-Palestine. This clip is part of NIF's celebration of 10 years event. Watch the full video on YouTube.
Foreign Correspondents Speak Out
October 12, 2021 10:35 - 1 hour - 120 MBThis is an audio version of an event we hosted on 12 October 2021. You can watch the event in full on our YouTube channel. How do journalists share complex issues, particularly when they are writing for an audience which is on the other side of the world? Join our discussion with John Lyons, the author of a new book, Dateline Jerusalem which looks at how Israel is covered by the Australian media and a former Middle East Correspondent for the Australian, Anshel Pfeffer senior corresponden...
Creating a New Political Reality with Adam Bandt and Tamar Zandberg
July 16, 2021 03:37 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBWe apologise that this event is being added to our podcast late (the event was recorded on 18 May 2021). We had some technical issues that took time to resolve, including with the volume of some of our speakers. We appreciate your patience. You may be required to adjust the volume up/down while you listen. Thanks as always. Join two leaders shaping their country's political conversations – Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens, and Tamar Zandberg, Knesset member and former leader of I...
Our History, Our Future, with Sir Simon Schama, Deborah Lipstadt and David Myers
April 20, 2021 23:13 - 49 minutes - 91.2 MBIn a time of fake news, rising populism and renewed antisemitism, join two of the world’s leading historians, Sir Simon Schama and Professor Deborah Lipstadt, in conversation with NIF’s global president and UCLA Jewish History Professor David Myers, discuss how our understanding of history shapes our current reality. Navigating how this plays out in a fractured Israel and a divided America, amidst challenges to democracy and an increase in nationalism and racism around the world, the insig...
What the Biden-Harris Administration Means for the Middle East, with Aaron David Miller and Ksenia Svetlova
February 04, 2021 03:50 - 1 hour - 116 MBLess than two weeks after President Joe Biden took office NIF Australia hosted seasoned American Middle East negotiator, and NIF board member, Aaron David Miller and former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova for a discussion about how America’s Middle East policy will shift under the new administration. This podcast is a recording of the event held on Tuesday 2 February 2021. You can watch the event in full on YouTube.
Shining a Light: A Hanukkah Event with Mira Awad and Noa
December 14, 2020 05:43 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBJoin us for an inspiring evening filled with beautiful music and conversation. Be uplifted by the wonderful music from Jewish Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) and Palestinian Israeli singer Mira Awad, and their ongoing efforts to create a more equal and tolerant society for all Israelis and Palestinians. Their collaboration is best known from Eurovision 2009 in Moscow where they sang together in Hebrew, Arabic and English. Hanukkah is a time of bringing more light into the world, so to...
Democracy in Danger, with Roger Cohen and Naomi Chazan
November 15, 2020 22:49 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBDemocracy and pluralism are under attack around the world. Join New York Times columnist Roger Cohen and academic and former deputy Knesset speaker Naomi Chazan to delve further into this troubling trend in the United States, Israel and all around the world. Joining us a week after the US elections, they’ll discuss the result and its long lasting impact on a divided American society, as well as the ongoing uncertainty in Israel’s political system, and the broader threats facing democracies...
26. Tanya Plibersek and Zehava Galon on the Political Glass Ceiling in Australia and Israel
October 15, 2020 09:41 - 59 minutes - 45.6 MBEven at a time when they have greater than ever representation in the halls of power, the challenges facing women in politics remain high. Two veteran political leaders, Tanya Plibersek, Australia’s shadow minister for education and training, and Zehava Galon, president of Zulat and former chairwoman of Israel’s Meretz party, joined award winning journalist Deb Whitmont for a wide-ranging discussion on their experiences as prominent leaders in parliament, the barriers facing women in polit...
25. Thomas Friedman on the Trump Presidency & Next Month’s Elections
October 05, 2020 07:50 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBIs America looking at four more years of President Donald Trump or will Democratic candidate Joe Biden win the upcoming elections? Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman joined us to discuss the Trump presidency and what’s at stake at next month’s US elections. You can watch the video of this event on YouTube.
24. Kevin Rudd on Israel and the Middle East
September 09, 2020 22:50 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBAs a former prime minister and foreign minister, there are few people with a better understanding of Australia’s role in the world and our history with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than Kevin Rudd. Our event with Kevin Rudd, streamed live on 9 September, covered everything from Israel’s plans for West Bank annexation, the recent UAE deal, Australia's support for the two-state solution, the rise of China and more. You can watch video of this event on YouTube.
23. Briefing with Haaretz Diplomatic Correspondent Noa Landau on the Israel-UAE Deal
August 28, 2020 03:35 - 55 minutes - 36.7 MBHaaretz Diplomatic Correspondent Noa Landau joined NIF Australia for a discussion on the historic normalisation accord reached between Israel and the UAE. This event was recorded on Thursday 27 August 2020. You can also watch it on our YouTube page.
22. Antisemitism, the UK and British Jewry in the Post-Corbyn Era
July 05, 2020 23:42 - 56 minutes - 36.9 MBLeading British commentator and Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland joined award-winning Australian journalist Debbie Whitmont for a wide ranging conversation covering Europe, Israel and the US. As one of the first and loudest voices to raise the question of antisemitism within the UK Labour party, and as a trenchant critic of Jeremy Corbyn, Freedland is uniquely placed to offer insights into whether the Jewish community is warming to the new Labour leadership and its policies. Freedla...
21. Martin Indyk on Annexation, US-Israel Relations and Prospects for Peace
June 24, 2020 00:37 - 58 minutes - 39.5 MBWith Prime Minister Netanyahu actively advancing plans to annex parts of the West Bank and President Trump pushing his own plan for the Middle East, this event featured former US ambassador to Israel and former US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations – not to mention NIF Australia’s co-patron! – Martin Indyk, for his insights on annexation, US-Israel relations and the future of the two-state solution. In this special conversation we heard the ultimate insider’s view on the ro...
20. AB Yehoshua on Annexation, Israeli Democracy and Peace
June 18, 2020 11:53 - 53 minutes - 32.9 MBOne of Israel’s best known authors, AB Yehoshua, joined Dr Mark Baker for an NIF Australia webinar to discuss the Netanyahu-Gantz government’s plans for annexation of the West Bank and efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is a recording of our event on Thursday 18 June. You can watch the webinar on YouTube.
19. Health Care, Human Rights and Israeli Democracy During Covid-19
May 11, 2020 23:26 - 47 minutes - 54.6 MBA recording of our event with executive director of Physicians for Human Rights in Israel (PHRI), Ran Goldstein, in which we discuss the impact of Covid-19 in Israel and how this pandemic is impacting the refugees, people seeking asylum and undocumented workers, as well as Palestinian inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza. You can watch this event on YouTube. Remember to join the NIF Australia for more great events. Photo credit: Wissam Hashlamoun/Flash 90
18. Peter Beinart on Sanders, Biden, Trump, COVID and This Year's US Elections
May 04, 2020 03:35 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBNIF Australia advisory council member Mark Baker joins US professor, author and political commentator Peter Beinart to discuss Donald Trump, the ongoing COVID crisis, the state of democracy in the US, the candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, and annexation and democracy in Israel. Join more NIF Australia events at www.nif.org.au/events
17. A Conversation with MK Merav Michaeli
April 26, 2020 05:10 - 42 minutes - 28 MBLabor Knesset Merav Michaeli joined an NIF Australia webinar in the middle of one of the more interesting moments in recent Israeli political history as the leading opposition member seemed poised to join a right-wing government. In addition, Labor leader Amir Peretz, despite promising for more than a year to not join a coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, was posed to do exactly that. Michaeli was resisting the move, including at a vote of the party's executive on Sunday 26 April. We di...
16. Unravelling the Israeli Election Results with Dr Dahlia Scheindlin
March 06, 2020 03:16 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBPolitical analyst, pollster and commentator Dr Dahlia Scheindlin joined NIF Australia executive director Liam Getreu to discuss the results of Monday's Israeli election. This is an audio recording of a Facebook live stream.
15. The Future of Israeli Democracy with Knesset Member Tamar Zandberg
December 18, 2019 23:06 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBThis episode is a recording of an event which took place in Sydney on Tuesday 26 November 2019. A former academic, Zandberg was a leader of 2011’s social justice protests in Israel and a member of Tel Aviv’s city council before entering the Knesset for the Meretz party in 2013. She was the party’s leader from 2018-19, including the April 2019 election. She was reelected in September’s election on the Democratic Union ticket. This event took place at an unprecedented time in Israeli polit...
14. Conversation with Carmi Gillon, Former Head of the Shin Bet
November 14, 2019 23:33 - 44 minutes - 50.6 MBIn this timely episode of the NIF Australia podcast we’re sharing a conversation with Carmi Gillon, former head of Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet. You may remember Carmi for his appearance, with five other former heads of the Shin Bet, in the 2012 Oscar-nominated film, The Gatekeepers. We recorded this just a couple of days after Israel’s military carried out a targeted assassination against Abu al-Ata, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. After th...
13. What's Going on in Israeli Politics? (with Israeli journalist Elhanan Miller)
October 01, 2019 06:46 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBFor this episode we’re bringing you the recording of a small event we held in Sydney last week with Israeli journalist Elhanan Miller. Elhanan started his talk with a summary of the election results before pivoting to a wider analysis about Israeli political leadership and whether the conflict with the Palestinians will feature in Israel’s political landscape in years to come. Elhanan is a rabbi and commentator. He was formerly the Arab affairs correspondent for the Times of Israel and ...
12. Israeli Election Wrap with Naomi Chazan
September 19, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBAfter Israel's second election in just a few months we're joined by former president of the New Israel Fund and former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Naomi Chazan to process and analyse all the election results. Will Benjamin Netanyahu stay on as prime minister? Does Benny Gantz have a path to the coalition of 61 seats he needs to take the top job? The Joint Arab List will be the third largest party, so if Likud and Blue + White go into a 'unity' government together, will the Joint List's l...
11. Episode 2 – September 2019 Israeli Election Preview
August 06, 2019 08:04 - 4 minutes - 8.98 MBOnly 44 days to go until Israelis go to the polls for the second time in just a few months. Here are all the details on who's in the box seat to form government after the 17 September election, including an update on party mergers and results from the latest opinion polls. Want to see the cool graphs that go with this episode? Watch the episode as a video on Facebook or YouTube. Remember to stay tuned to our website for more election updates.
10. Israel's Election Results (with Naomi Chazan)
April 12, 2019 01:27 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBFormer deputy speaker of the Knesset Naomi Chazan joined us live just 12 hours after polls closed for a review of the 2019 Israeli election and helped us look forward and understand the impact on Israeli society. This is a recording of our event with executive director Liam Getreu hosting the event in Sydney and Naomi Chazan joining live from NIF's offices in Jerusalem.
9. A Tribute to Amos Oz
March 12, 2019 00:36 - 1 hour - 181 MBOur latest podcast episode is a recording of our Tribute to Amos Oz event, recorded on 10 March 2019 at Bondi Pavilion. Michaela Kalowski hosted an evening combining powerful video footage, readings and tributes to explore both the literary and political legacy of Israel’s beloved and eloquent writer. You can watch this event in full on YouTube. The event featured messages from his daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen and acclaimed musician Achinoam Nini (...
8. Israeli Election Preview – Part 5 (with Michal Sella)
March 06, 2019 12:18 - 3 minutes - 7.28 MBWhat are the biggest issues this Israeli election? Bibi, corruption, housing and poverty, and security. Learn more in the fifth episode of our Israeli election preview with Michal Sella from Shatil's Center for Policy Change. (This is a podcast version of the video we published on YouTube, which includes charts of the polls and some other great footage.) Note: this episode was first released on video before the announcement of a pending indictment charge of Prime Minister Netanyahu.
7. Israeli Election Preview – Part 4
February 19, 2019 00:46 - 4 minutes - 8.3 MBThis episode looks at some of the developments in Israel over the last week and also shines a spotlight on representation of women in the Knesset. In the next few days parties have to submit their candidate lists, which means we'll finally get to see which parties will merge and who'll be serving in the next parliament – so stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter pages to keep up to date. (This is a podcast version of the video we published on YouTube, which includes charts of the polls a...
6. Israeli Election Preview – Part 3
February 15, 2019 06:51 - 3 minutes - 6.36 MBWith less than two months until Israel's elections we bring you another update. In this edition we cover the release of Benjamin Netanyahu's ads featuring President Donald Trump, as well as Benny Gantz's campaign launch speech and ad. We also share an update on the polls (spoiler: Benny Gantz rises, Labor falls, Likud stays the same). (This is a podcast version of the video we published on YouTube, which includes charts of the polls and some other great footage.) You can also read backg...
5. Israeli Election Preview – Part 2
January 31, 2019 04:57 - 4 minutes - 8.47 MBIn the second episode of our Israeli election preview, we have an update on some of the discussions happening between party leaders, as well as polling on who Israelis prefer as their prime minister. We also give a quick overview of Israel's electoral system and the parties representing Israel's 20% Palestinian minority. (This is a podcast version of the video we published on YouTube, which includes charts of the polls and some other great footage.) You can also read background to all th...
4. Israeli Election Preview – Part 1
January 14, 2019 04:24 - 5 minutes - 9.52 MBPrime Minister Netanyahu has called Israeli elections for 9 April and we're here to give you the the details on everything that's happening in the lead up. (This is a podcast version of the video we published on YouTube, which includes charts of the polls and some other great footage.) You can also read background to all these issues by following the links on our blog.
3. The Shrinking Democratic Space in Israel and Australia (with Gillian Triggs and Sharon Abraham-Weiss)
December 03, 2018 01:29 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBA discussion on the "shrinking democratic space" in Australia and Israel, featuring Gillian Triggs, the former president of Australia’s Human Rights Commission, and Sharon Abraham-Weiss, executive director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). They discuss the global phenomenon where minorities, civil society groups and democratic institutions are increasingly under threat, and democracies become more illiberal. You can support the work of ACRI by making a donation at www...
2. Conversation and concert with Noa
November 05, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBNoa – also known as Achinoam Nini – is one of Israel’s most acclaimed artists. In 2009 she represented Israel at Eurovision, along with Palestinian-Israeli musician Mira Awad. This was recorded at her NIF event in Sydney last year. It includes some of her stirring music and also provided an opportunity for the audience to talk with her about social justice and human rights issues in Israel. She was on stage performing at the peace rally in Tel Aviv in 1995 just moments before Yitzhak Rab...
Refugees in Israel and Australia (with Julian Burnside and Tamara Newman)
October 03, 2018 02:20 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBFor the first episode of our new NIF Australia podcast, we're joined by Julian Burnside AO QC and Tamara Newman from the NIF Australia-supported Hotline for Refugees and Migrants in Israel for an update on the status of people seeking asylum and refugees in both Australia and Israel. You can support the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants–Israel with a tax-deductible donation. Visit nif.org.au/donate and write "Hotline" in the notes field.
1. Refugees in Israel and Australia (with Julian Burnside and Tamara Newman)
October 03, 2018 02:20 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBFor the first episode of our new NIF Australia podcast, we're joined by Julian Burnside AO QC and Tamara Newman from the NIF Australia-supported Hotline for Refugees and Migrants in Israel for an update on the status of people seeking asylum and refugees in both Australia and Israel. You can support the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants–Israel with a tax-deductible donation. Visit nif.org.au/donate and write "Hotline" in the notes field.