Australia’s much-loved entertainment icon John Farnham is believed to be the first victim of the Queensland Government’s new laws banning hate speech against the Jewish community.

While Farnham’s days of wowing stadiums full of tens of thousands of delirious and devoted fans might be well behind him, in a recent visit to meet friends in the Sunshine State where he once lived he was lured onto the stage at an inner-Brisbane pub and reluctantly agreed to sing just a few songs.

The impromptu performance last night was going well with the crowded room calling repeatedly for Sadie the Cleaning Lady until Farnham began singing one of his most popular songs, Two Strong Hearts. All hell broke out when the 76-year-old got to the lyrics about reaching out forever like “a river to the sea” and shouts of “That’s close enough!” rang out as Queensland and Australian Federal Police officers from joint Operation Jew Diligence stormed into the room, grabbed and handcuffed a visibly shocked Farnham and bundled him outside.

The Bug’s Lex Swayn, who witnessed the arrest on one of his rare days off from gaining unpaid work experience for the rest of 2026 with our police roundspeople, reports that after those state and federal coppers reviewed video of the show, they added another charge after realising Farnham’s You’re the Voice that he had opened up with clearly incited actual violence as it included the words: How long can we look at each other down the barrel of a gun?

Police will allege that Farnham clearly is now using those famous lyrics to advocate that anti-semites stop pussy-footing around and actually start using those guns against Australia’s lovely Jewish citizens who only want to be left alone and to live in peace without their neighbours.

Swayn also reports that police are seeking Public Office of Public Prosecutions advice to see if it was possible to arrest and charge Andy Hill and Bruce Woolley, the duo who wrote the anti-semitic Two Strong Hearts in the first place.

LATE BREAKING: A second Queenslander has fallen foul of those new Queensland Government anti-hate speech laws. Early this morning, a still-unnamed Gold Coast real estate agent was singing the praises of a property at the mouth of the Nerang River where it empties out into the Southport Broadwater.

The moment he told a potential buyer the luxury property had views from the river to the sea, more Queensland and Australian Federal Police officers from Operation Jew Diligence emerged from their surveillance van parked nearby and tackled the agent to the ground. He is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court this afternoon. LS

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