Darebin For Palestine

23/03/2026

🚨𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑻𝑶 𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵!!🚨

Once again, Darebin Council are holding a meeting on Tues 24 March to propose a new flag policy and remove the Palestinian Flag.

With the genocide ongoing despite a sham ‘ceasefire’, and with Israel and the USA now launching full scale attacks in Iran and Lebanon, in addition to the recent invitation by the government of war criminal Herzog to visit and the myriad of repressive crackdowns on showing solidarity with Palestine -
𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏!!

The new flag policy proposal gives the UNELECTED CEO too much power to decide which flag flies and when, with little community input. Only that they ‘may’ consult with the Mayor or councillors.

Furthermore, the CEO has proposed that the council will only fly international flags AS DIRECTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT. And considering they just invited a war criminal into the country doesn’t inspire confidence!
Besides this, a municipal council is there to represent the views of locals and not their party policies. Relying on orders from the Federal Government of the day, gives excessive power to the major party in power and disregards the needs and opinions of local residents.

𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝟰 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

𝗪𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹.

All info for councillors’ contacts are in our bio.

💥𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒐 💥

Please read the rest of the narrative in the comments and info about making submissions to council.

Until Palestine is free, no one is free.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Or

12/02/2026

At the Special Meeting of Darebin Council on Tuesday the 10th of February, the motion to lower the Palestinian flag and replace it with the ‘peace flag’ was withdrawn, and an alternate motion passed in its place. As a result, for now, the Palestinian flag will continue to fly above Preston City Hall. In light of the wording of the original motion, which disgracefully linked the Palestinian flag to the antisemitic massacre in Bondi late last year, this is a small win for the community and the Palestinian solidarity movement, although there is still no guarantee the Palestinian flag will continue to fly beyond the end of next month, despite the ongoing genocide.

The question of the Palestinian flag above Preston City Hall will be revisited as part of a Council discussion around the broader flag policy “no later than the end of March 2026”. Looking at Council meeting dates, this is likely to be at the March 24th meeting. Unlike yesterday’s Special Meeting, this Council meeting will most likely allow for submissions, questions and petitions from the public; more details to come as we get closer to the date. Thank you to community members who contacted Councillors regarding the Palestinian flag and ongoing genocide. A number of the Councillors spoke at the meeting not just of the volume of communications they received, but of their own opposition to the ongoing genocide and their support for the Palestinian people.

The zionist entity – whose president is visiting on a diplomatic trip as we speak – continues to slaughter, displace, imprison and oppress Palestinians. Until the genocide ends, the occupation falls and all Palestinians are afforded the right of return to a free and unified homeland, the flag should not be lowered.

Thanks to the community once again for your tireless efforts in this and many other arenas.

Free Palestine
🇵🇸

11/02/2026

🚨 note time and venue change - Tomorrow (Thursday), 5pm, Flinders st Station. More details via .naarm See you there 🇵🇸

09/02/2026

08/02/2026

REMINDER - This is happening TOMORROW, contact Council ASAP!

🚨 Call to Action 🚨
Darebin Council are holding a meeting on the 10th of February, again seeking to replace the Palestinian Flag with the so-called ‘Peace Flag’. With the genocide ongoing despite the sham ceasefire and with president of the zionist entity Isaac Herzog currently visiting so-called Australia, this cannot be allowed to happen. Contact Councillors and mayor Emily Dimitriadis to demand that the Palestinian flag remains flying at Preston City Hall. Further details on the situation can be found in slides above ⬆️. Councillors’ emails and phone numbers, along with an example email and meeting agenda, are on our Linktree via link in bio or QR code. Call and email your councillors now!

Free Palestine.
🇵🇸

07/02/2026

🚨Call to Action 🚨 — email Council & SIGN THE PETITION (link in bio)

Darebin Council are holding a meeting on the 10th of February, again seeking to replace Palestinian Flag with the so-called ‘Peace Flag’. With the genocide ongoing despite the sham ceasefire and with president of the zionist entity Isaac Herzog currently visiting so-called Australia, this cannot be allowed to happen.

Call and email your councillors and Mayor Emily Dimitriadis to demand that the Palestinian flag remains flying at Preston City Hall. A template for emails, along with Councillors’ phone numbers, are on our Linktree via link in bio or QR code.

Further details on the situation can be found above, and the Council Meeting Agenda can be found at our Linktree.

Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

04/02/2026

🚨𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑫𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑫𝑼𝑬 𝑻𝑶𝑴𝑶𝑹𝑹𝑶𝑾 5 𝑭𝒆𝒃!!

Suggested responses to the 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗬 (also see the examples in the post)

Q1 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒔

• STRONGLY DISAGREE

Q2 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚?

• NO

Why? The Days of Observance gives the UNELECTED CEO complete discretionary power to determine the final list of Days of Observance, undermining the democratic processes of Council.

Q3 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚-𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚?

• NO

Why? The policy gives the CEO unvetted control and simply “may” consult the elected Mayor & councillors if the CEO chooses to. Undermining democratic processes of council.

💥The rest of the responses are in the comments.

20/01/2026

🚨NEW DATE!🚨

Northern Suburbs Palestine Activists Planning Day.

Join us for an afternoon of action planning for the year ahead.

When: Saturday 7 February 2026, 12:30pm-5pm
Where: Schoolhouse Studios, 28 Victoria St, Coburg VIC.

REGISTRATIONS DUE BY 4 February 2026 please.

Hosted by: Darebin4Palestine, Hume4Palestine, Merri-bek4Palestine, and others.

INTRO
Mai Saif, leading Palestinian activist & chairperson of Free Palestine Melbourne, will provide an update on the current situation in Palestine and the aims of the movement in Australia.
Followed by short reports from each group on their local activities (Darebin4Palestine, Hume4Palestine, Merri-bek4Palestine).

PLANNED WORKSHOPS
TRADE UNIONS:
Intifada IS Union business - how to get workers and their unions involved to stop the genocide and to work for peace with justice in Palestine. Getting your union/workplace active: Educating workers on Palestine, mobilising unions to take action, campaigning for your industry super fund to divest from the genocide.

COMMUNITY:
Connecting Palestine with the community - Hume, Darebin & Merri-bek communities have led hundreds of actions in support of Gaza & Palestine over the past two years. How do we continue to build & maintain this vital local activism moving forward into 2026?

COUNCILS/GOVT:
How to hold our local councils & our State/Federal parliamentarians accountable in the northern suburbs to stop the genocide and to work for peace with justice in Palestine.

Registration link on the QR code or here: https://forms.gle/Rtn6RT6MeMV4dQNHA
Or in our bio.

Long live Palestine! 🇵🇸

12/01/2026

🚨 Join northern suburbs activists for an afternoon of action planning for the year ahead!

Hear from Mai Saif from Free Palestine Melbourne, Darebin 4 Palestine, Merri-Bek 4 Palestine, Hume 4 Palestine, union activists and other community activists!

Workshops include:

💥 How intifada IS union business.

💥 How to hold Govts and councils accountable through activism.

💥 Connecting Palestine to the community through outreach, events, fundraising and more.

These workshops will be action based so we come out of them invigorated for the year ahead. So bring your ideas and passion!

This will take place on Sat 1 Feb from 12:30- 5pm at Schoolhouse Studios in Brunswick. Please register for the event with the QR code or find it in the D4P linktree.

Let’s make it happen in north Naarm and hope to see lots of you there!

From the river to the sea, always was & always will be
🖤💛❤️
Free Palestine! 🇵🇸✊🏽

21/12/2025

🚨PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TODAY!🚨

The Palestine flag should remain flying until there is proper community consultation.

The special council meeting has been called for 9am tomorrow, so signing now is crucial. Public submissions on the motion are not allowed.

Please share widely. 🇵🇸❤️

20/12/2025

🚨Call to Action 🚨

Darebin Council Holding Meeting on 22nd of December 9am to replace Palestinian Flag with Peace Flag.

Call and email your councillors and Mayor Emily Dimitriadis TODAY to demand that the Palestinian flag remains flying at Preston City Hall. A template for emails is on our linktree, link in bio!

14/12/2025

This coming Monday the 15th of December, Darebin Council were scheduled to discuss and endorse a new ‘flag policy’ at their meeting. As part of the policy, they were planning to remove the Palestinian flag that has been flying over Preston City Hall since the December 18th, 2023 resolution.

Despite the ceasefire being a sham and the slaughter, displacement and land theft continuing, Council were planning to take down the flag “prior to the end of February 2026”, with community consultation to come only after the decision had been made.

It should also be noted that this proposal came from the (unelected) CEO.

Thanks to the mobilisation of community in Darebin, in the form of calls & emails to Councillors and community/religious and activist groups, emails, and a planned rally, Council have backed down.

The Palestinian flag will – for now – continue to fly above Preston City Hall. Well done Darebin & everyone involved! The flag is just one small part of the struggle - keep fighting to end the genocide, end the occupation, and free Palestine from the river to the sea 🇵🇸