A car repair owner will face court after allegedly sharing antisemitic videos on his business’s social media page.
Adam Gibbs, 42, who lives in Hope Island on the Gold Coast, has been charged with one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.
‘It will be alleged the man has posted numerous posts containing videos which are antisemitic and symbols,’ a Queensland Police spokesman said.
Gibbs will appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The charges relate to videos allegedly posted to the Instagram page belonging to Panel House, a car repair business based in Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane.
Daily Mail was first to report on the videos, which triggered widespread outrage among Jewish community leaders and prompted complaints to police.
The clips featured Gibbs wearing a fake beard, exaggerated moustache and sidelocks, a caricatured Jewish costume – while performing skits Jewish leaders say mocked Holocaust victims and promoted antisemitic stereotypes.
In one video, Gibbs asked to buy ‘six million headlights’ while holding a bag of cash, before being told he could only afford ‘271,000’ – a reference widely condemned as trivialising the murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust.
Adam Gibbs, 42, who lives in Hope Island on the Gold Coast, has been charged with one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence
The clips feature Gibbs wearing a fake beard, exaggerated moustache and sidelocks, a caricatured Jewish costume, while performing skits that Jewish leaders say mocked Holocaust victims and promoted antisemitic stereotypes
Anti‑Defamation Commission chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich said the charges sent a clear message that antisemitism would not be tolerated.
‘The man who mocked six million dead Jews is now answering to a court,’ he told Daily Mail.
‘Two and a half weeks ago, I wrote to the Queensland Police Commissioner and demanded an investigation into a Brisbane business that had turned its Instagram into a sewer of Holocaust denial and antisemitic filth.
‘Today, that business owner has been charged. A court date has been set.’
Dr Abramovich said the case should act as a warning to others who believe antisemitism can be hidden behind humour.
‘Every antisemite in this country who thought they could broadcast Jew‑hatred and call it comedy just learned a new lesson,’ he said.
‘You are not safe. You are not clever. You are not entertainment. You are a defendant.
‘This is the message that has been sent today to every keyboard, every camera, every social media account in this country that thinks Holocaust denial and antisemitism are a punchline: Australia is watching.
The charges relate to videos allegedly posted to the Instagram page belonging to Panel House, a car repair business based in Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane
‘The law is watching. And there are consequences.’
He rejected claims that the videos should be protected as free speech.
‘For two and a half years, Jewish Australians have been told that the abuse is just speech,’ Dr Abramovich said.
‘Today, in Queensland, that lie was buried. Holocaust denial and antisemitism are not free speech. They are incitement to genocide dressed in costume.’
Dr Abramovich thanked police and members of the public who reported the content.
‘I thank Queensland Police. I thank Commissioner Brett Pointing,’ he said.
‘I thank every Australian who refused to scroll past, who hit report, who picked up the phone, who said this is not who we are.
‘To every other antisemite in Australia hiding behind a username, a logo, a brand: today’s news is for you.’
