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Galus Australis – The Southern Exile
Galus Australis is a forum for discussion and debate about Australian Jewish life. We’re interested in identity, culture, politics, religion, sociology, food and humour (to name a few). Sometimes even sport. (Particularly water polo.)
Galus Australis does not subscribe to any particular ideological viewpoint, and is committed to the value of robust and challenging debate. We endeavor to publish a range of viewpoints and welcome well-written, considered (and controversial!) submissions from across the religious and political spectrum.
Each writer is responsible for the opinions expressed in their own posts, and the views expressed do not represent any Galus Australis editorial position.
The editorial committee of Galus Australis consists of:
We’re an open committee and are interested in hearing people’s views. If you are interested in contributing, please contact us at the following address: editorial at galusaustralis dot com
Also, if you have any suggestions / feedback, feel free to let us know on the General Feedback forum - click here.
Moderation Policy
At Galus Australis we like to have a largely hands-off moderation policy. We value the diverse opinions expressed by commenters on the website. To date, we are pleased to say that the vast majority of comments left on our website have been both polite and substantive.
As a guideline, we recommend that you do not write anything to someone that you wouldn’t say to them in person.
In terms of moderation, there are a few of things we will act on:
Any threats, including threats to sue someone for defamation etc will be removed by the editors, because such threats discourage and intimidate others from participating. Should you feel that you have been defamed, please email us and draw the matter to our attention.
Personal insults, particularly when unrelated to substantive comment, will also be removed.
Some falsifiable/factual information about individuals may have to be removed or verified, for legal reasons. For example, saying that Shlomo X is a communist is probably just non-falsifiable opinion and thus is unlikely to have to be removed. However, saying that Shlomo X is a member of the Communist Party is falsifiable/factual information, and should Shlomo bring it to our attention that this is not the case, we may have to remove it.
We appreciate it when people comment on our articles.
However, we have received several emails and comments from readers of various political persuasions who have reasonably asked that we implement a policy to deal with commenters who monopolise threads.
Thus, we issue a general request to all commenters on this site that they take care not to monopolise a conversation, particularly on the more heavily commented threads. Similarly we ask that commenters do not deliberately take the conversation off-track (trolling).
If the editors feel that you are a culprit of this, they may email you asking you to limit your daily number of comments. If a culprit ignores this request, we may regretfully have to place that commenter in the pre-moderation basket.
Of course, this assumes the culprit provides a legitimate email address. Where they do not, then the editors will be unable to provide the courtesy of a caution.
Similarly, although you may use a psuedonym when commenting, please do not use more than one psuedonym to comment on a single article as it is misleading and creates a false impression of consensus.
Furthermore, if you are going to use a psuedonym or a shortening of your name, then it is your responsibility to take even more care than you otherwise would when criticising another individual who writes in their own name. If we feel that you are using anonymity to put others down without consequence to your own reputation, we may remove your comments.
Any comments found to be an impersonation of a real and known identity will be referred to the police.
Finally, material that breaches copyright may also be removed.
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