NSW Parliament’s Hansard adopts growing consensus on the spelling of “antisemitism” The NSW Parliament’s Hansard department – which officially records parliamentary proceedings – has adopted the official spelling of “antisemitism” over the increasingly archaic common misspelling “anti-Semitism”. This brings NSW Parliament into line with growing international practice. The change was communicated last week by the Editor of Hansard, Ms Vanessa Schlenert, after representations from NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord, deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel. He is also Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism and NSW Patron of the Labor Israel Action Committee. “Unfortunately, we are entering...