APARTHEID SLUR Bob Carr out of control Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten told The AJN he had made it a practice not to comment about Carr’s comments, “Because you can be here all day.” By GARETH NARUNSKY 6 May 2021 [...] Vehemently opposing “any moves towards boycotting Israel”, Labor MLC Walt Secord said the NSW Labor platform “should concentrate on education, health, housing, COVID, reconciliation, the economy, workers and jobs”. “I was director of communications for Mr Carr when he was premier from 1995 to 2005 – but we have different views on foreign policy,” he added. NSW Jewish Board of Deputies President Lesli Berger said the boycott call “contradicts the Labor Party’s longstanding policy of rejecting the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel as antisemitic”. “Anthony Albanese has described boycotting Israel as ‘beyond the pale’ and ‘counterproductive self-indulgence’,” he said. “Boycotting goods from the West Bank will jeopardise the livelihoods...