Matt Chun

Matt Chun

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== Political views and controversies ==
== Political views and controversies ==
Chun has called for boycotts of a range of Australian organizations that he has characterized as [[Zionism|Zionist]], including libraries, universities, media outlets including the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] and [[Guardian Australia]], and art galleries including the [[National Gallery of Victoria]].{{Cite web |date=2026-01-03 |title=Australian children's author defends Bondi shooting {{!}} The Jerusalem Post |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-882180 |access-date=2026-04-09 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Newsletter |first=Matt Chun's |date=2025-07-29 |title=Targeting the NGV |url=https://mattchun.substack.com/p/targeting-the-ngv |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=Matt Chun's Newsletter}}{{Cite news |last=Deery |first=Shannon |date=16 August 2025 |title=Extremist probed on terror allegations a year before wild NGV protest |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/extremist-probed-on-terror-allegations-a-year-before-wild-ngv-protest/news-story/ada541a731cbbff47d077f2ba9924e18 |access-date=3 April 2026 |work=[[Herald Sun]]}}
Chun has called for boycotts of a range of Australian organizations that he has characterized as [[Zionism|Zionist]], including libraries, universities, media outlets such as the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] and ''[[Guardian Australia]]'', and art galleries such as the [[National Gallery of Victoria]].{{Cite web |date=2026-01-03 |title=Australian children's author defends Bondi shooting {{!}} The Jerusalem Post |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-882180 |access-date=2026-04-09 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Newsletter |first=Matt Chun's |date=2025-07-29 |title=Targeting the NGV |url=https://mattchun.substack.com/p/targeting-the-ngv |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=Matt Chun's Newsletter}}{{Cite news |last=Deery |first=Shannon |date=16 August 2025 |title=Extremist probed on terror allegations a year before wild NGV protest |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/extremist-probed-on-terror-allegations-a-year-before-wild-ngv-protest/news-story/ada541a731cbbff47d077f2ba9924e18 |access-date=3 April 2026 |work=[[Herald Sun]]}}


In February 2024, Chun, with [[Clementine Ford (writer)|Clementine Ford]], [[Randa Abdel-Fattah]] and others, [[2024 J.E.W.I.S.H creatives and academics doxxing incident|published the membership list and transcripts]] of a 600-member [[WhatsApp]] group for [[Australian Jews|Jewish Australian]] writers, arts workers and academics, along with a spreadsheet containing contact details and photographs of group members and other Jewish writers.{{Cite news |last=Demetriadi |first=Alexi |date=2024-02-09 |title=Grant-funded author ‘led leak of 600 Jewish creatives’ details’ |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leak-doxxing-of-almost-600-jewish-creatives-very-distressing-with-really-serious-consequences/news-story/fbed91acc920c3f08bb3b6d0359d3391 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240311013019/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leak-doxxing-of-almost-600-jewish-creatives-very-distressing-with-really-serious-consequences/news-story/fbed91acc920c3f08bb3b6d0359d3391 |archive-date=2024-03-11 |access-date=2026-04-06 |work=[[The Australian]] |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Alexi |first=Demetriadi |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Political and Jewish leaders raise Clementine Ford curatorship red flag after creatives doxxing |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/political-and-jewish-leaders-raise-clementine-ford-curatorship-red-flag-after-creatives-doxxing/news-story/aae6e8abdd09fb3393711c3c3c9bb544}}{{Cite web |last=Grand |first=Chip Le |date=2024-02-08 |title=Hundreds of Jewish creatives have names, details taken in leak, published online |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/hundreds-of-jewish-creatives-have-names-details-taken-in-leak-published-online-20240208-p5f3if.html |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Demetriadi |first=Alexi |last2=Ferguson |first2=John |date=2024-02-14 |title=The faces of a hatred that has no place here |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/antiisrael-activists-these-are-the-faces-of-a-hideous-hatred-that-has-no-place-in-our-country/news-story/d35e57521f944a048d6d42febaf983b4 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240607235527/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/antiisrael-activists-these-are-the-faces-of-a-hideous-hatred-that-has-no-place-in-our-country/news-story/d35e57521f944a048d6d42febaf983b4 |archive-date=2024-06-07 |access-date=2026-04-06 |work=[[The Australian]] |language=en-US}} People named in the spreadsheet and their relatives subsequently received death threats.{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Deborah |title=Death threats, boycotts target Jewish creatives - The Jewish Independent |url=https://thejewishindependent.com.au/death-threats-boycotts-target-jewish-creatives |access-date=2026-03-29 |website=thejewishindependent.com.au |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Josh |date=2024-02-09 |title=Publication of Jewish creatives WhatsApp group led to death threats, MP says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/09/josh-burns-jewish-whatsapp-group-channel-publication-israel-palestine-clementine-ford |access-date=2026-04-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The incident was widely cited in public discussions of new [[doxing]] laws that were introduced in Australia in 2024.{{Cite news |date=12 February 2024 |title='Doxxing' could be criminalised after hundreds of Jewish Australians' names and messages published |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-13/federal-government-to-criminalise-doxxing/103458052 |access-date=4 January 2026 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}{{Cite news |last=Demetriadi |first=Alexi |date=9 February 2024 |title=Grant-funded author 'led leak of 600 Jewish creatives' details' |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leak-doxxing-of-almost-600-jewish-creatives-very-distressing-with-really-serious-consequences/news-story/fbed91acc920c3f08bb3b6d0359d3391 |url-status=live |access-date=4 January 2026 |work=[[The Australian]]}}{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |last2=Taylor |first2=Josh |date=2024-02-12 |title=Albanese government to propose legislation to crack down on doxing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/12/albanese-government-to-propose-legislation-to-crack-down-on-doxing |access-date=2026-04-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
In February 2024, Chun, with [[Clementine Ford (writer)|Clementine Ford]], [[Randa Abdel-Fattah]] and others, [[2024 J.E.W.I.S.H creatives and academics doxxing incident|published the membership list and transcripts]] of a 600-member [[WhatsApp]] group for [[Australian Jews|Jewish Australian]] writers, arts workers and academics, along with a spreadsheet containing contact details and photographs of group members and other Jewish writers.{{Cite news |last=Demetriadi |first=Alexi |date=2024-02-09 |title=Grant-funded author ‘led leak of 600 Jewish creatives’ details’ |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leak-doxxing-of-almost-600-jewish-creatives-very-distressing-with-really-serious-consequences/news-story/fbed91acc920c3f08bb3b6d0359d3391 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240311013019/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leak-doxxing-of-almost-600-jewish-creatives-very-distressing-with-really-serious-consequences/news-story/fbed91acc920c3f08bb3b6d0359d3391 |archive-date=2024-03-11 |access-date=2026-04-06 |work=[[The Australian]] |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Alexi |first=Demetriadi |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Political and Jewish leaders raise Clementine Ford curatorship red flag after creatives doxxing |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/political-and-jewish-leaders-raise-clementine-ford-curatorship-red-flag-after-creatives-doxxing/news-story/aae6e8abdd09fb3393711c3c3c9bb544}}{{Cite web |last=Grand |first=Chip Le |date=2024-02-08 |title=Hundreds of Jewish creatives have names, details taken in leak, published online |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/hundreds-of-jewish-creatives-have-names-details-taken-in-leak-published-online-20240208-p5f3if.html |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Demetriadi |first=Alexi |last2=Ferguson |first2=John |date=2024-02-14 |title=The faces of a hatred that has no place here |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/antiisrael-activists-these-are-the-faces-of-a-hideous-hatred-that-has-no-place-in-our-country/news-story/d35e57521f944a048d6d42febaf983b4 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240607235527/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/antiisrael-activists-these-are-the-faces-of-a-hideous-hatred-that-has-no-place-in-our-country/news-story/d35e57521f944a048d6d42febaf983b4 |archive-date=2024-06-07 |access-date=2026-04-06 |work=[[The Australian]] |language=en-US}} People named in the spreadsheet and their relatives subsequently received death threats.{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Deborah |title=Death threats, boycotts target Jewish creatives - The Jewish Independent |url=https://thejewishindependent.com.au/death-threats-boycotts-target-jewish-creatives |access-date=2026-03-29 |website=thejewishindependent.com.au |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Josh |date=2024-02-09 |title=Publication of Jewish creatives WhatsApp group led to death threats, MP says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/09/josh-burns-jewish-whatsapp-group-channel-publication-israel-palestine-clementine-ford |access-date=2026-04-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The incident was widely cited in public discussions of new [[doxing]] laws that were introduced in Australia in 2024.{{Cite news |date=12 February 2024 |title='Doxxing' could be criminalised after hundreds of Jewish Australians' names and messages published |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-13/federal-government-to-criminalise-doxxing/103458052 |access-date=4 January 2026 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}{{Cite news |last=Demetriadi |first=Alexi |date=9 February 2024 |title=Grant-funded author 'led leak of 600 Jewish creatives' details' |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leak-doxxing-of-almost-600-jewish-creatives-very-distressing-with-really-serious-consequences/news-story/fbed91acc920c3f08bb3b6d0359d3391 |url-status=live |access-date=4 January 2026 |work=[[The Australian]]}}{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |last2=Taylor |first2=Josh |date=2024-02-12 |title=Albanese government to propose legislation to crack down on doxing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/12/albanese-government-to-propose-legislation-to-crack-down-on-doxing |access-date=2026-04-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}