Liberal Party Senator James Paterson is the latest politician to take a bribe from Israel via free legal services from Israeli-aligned law firm Arnold Block Leibler, who have offices in Melbourne and Sydney.
Arnold Bloch Leibler is home to Zionists Mark Leibler and his son Jeremy Leibler, who is also President of the Zionist Federation of Australia.
Current coalition and Liberal Party leader Angus Taylor also went for an expenses-paid trip to Israel in October 2025, which is also worth looking at.
But firstly, let’s deal with Senator James Paterson and his Arnold Block Leibler freebies.
I published an article in February 2025 titled “Lawyers Mark Leibler and Jeremy Leibler go after Palestine supporters on social media,” which gives some background to how the Leiblers operate which, to put simply, is very grubby.
Arnold Block Leibler’s long history of bribing federal politicians with pro bono work
Legal fees can range from thousands of dollars to $millions, and law firms are not charities. If a law firm is doing pro bono work (free work) for numerous politicians, they are bribing them, expecting something in return, and that is how Arnold Bloch Leibler has conducted business for years.
I published an article in February 2025 titled “Peter Dutton, Bill Shorten and Tony Abbott received free legal services from law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler. Why?” with some of the details being:
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott received free legal advice for a defamation case brought by John Setka.
Former Labor Party leader Bill Shorten received free legal advice for the Trade Union Royal Commission from 2014 until 2016, and maybe longer. Arnold Bloch Leibler also represented Bill Shorten when he faced rape allegations in 2014.
Former Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton was receiving free legal advice from law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler leading up to the May 2025 federal election, but Dutton wouldn’t say why. Dutton lost his seat in May 2025, so what happened after that is unknown.
Some of the other federal politicians who have received free legal advice from Arnold Bloch Leibler are former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg and former Liberal Party MPs Arthur Sinodinos and Jason Falinski. (Click here to read the full article)
You will never guess, but all the politicians above who have received free legal advice (bribes) from Arnold Bloch Leibler also happen to be big supporters of Israel.
Senator James Paterson on the take
A few weeks ago it came to my attention that James Patterson was now on the take from Arnold Bloch Leibler as well.
Below is a screenshot for part of Senator James Paterson’s Register of Senators’ Interests page. (Click here to see the full page)
What the “ongoing legal assistance” is for is not known, but it should be. Politicians should be banned from receiving blatant bribes such as pro bono legal work from dodgy lawyers.
James Patterson is only 38 years old and a potential future leader of the Liberal Party, which fits well with Arnold Bloch Leibler previously bribing political leaders.
Liberal Party leader Angus Taylor visits Israel in October 2025
Angus Taylor went to Israel in October 2025, paid for by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council as per the below screenshot from Angus Taylor’s Register of Members’ Interests page. (Click here to see the full page)
Mark Leibler just happens to be the chairperson of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.
Many other Australian politicians have also been on trips to Israel over many years.
But Angus Taylor is the only one I know of who has gone to Israel after the UN-backed Independent Commission of Inquiry concluded on September 16, 2025, that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Angus Taylor also received a freebie to go to the US in November 2025 as per the below screenshot, but the US and Israel are virtually one country now, so I wonder if the 2 trips were connected.
It is one thing to get a free trip, but free legal advice is basically a cash bribe that always seems to work when it involves Arnold Bloch Leibler.
If you know of more politicians who have been bribed by Israel via law firm Arnold Block Leibler, please let me know and I’ll add them to the list next time I do an article on this matter.
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Categories: Angus Taylor
“Very grubby” is putting it mildly. Corruption out in the open now with Australian politicians. No shame, no decency, as they trash our democracy. We REALLY need to get rid of these criminals before we end up as bad as the US. (Or is it not a crime to accept bribes as a politician?) Thanks KCA, we all need to know the shady dealings our politicians have, especially with the genocidal, war criminal Israel.
Paterson is so stupid. He still hasn’t worked out there in no cure for stupid. I wouldn’t vote for him & his ilk for all the bribery in the world.As for Taylor he is still asleep at the wheel. Though his comments were better. this week than a while ago. They would have to have been someone else’s thoughts.
It looks like a hornet nest, pro boon.
The Liebler connection didn’t help Lib Leader whatshisname in the last election. LOL
I always found it odd that Arnold Bloch Leibler was Brittany Higgins’ law firm in her negotiations with the Commonwealth, a finger in every pie it seems.
Tim Wilson (Federal MP for Goldstein) advertised in a Jewish newspaper that he was a “proud zionist”, shortly before the federal election. He won by something like 75 votes.
It would be worth looking more closely at this very ambitious politician who seems to be standing back at the moment, waiting for the other skittles in his party to fall.
He has been lying and spreading misinformation, basically working on behalf of a foreign state and practising political interference at the highest level with others like Minns, Hanson, Joyce Crisafulli, and in Labour as well any minister that is funded or had free trips should be removed from Australian politics period, deport all current and ex IDF members expel the ambassador and stop arming genocide.
If only… In a just world.
Labor politicians visiting Israel:
Chris Minns, Bill Shorten as young political advisors attended the Future Leaders Conference, the Rambam Israel Fellowship Function in Israel in 2003. From Trove.
Jason Clare in December 2008 as part of a funded delegation organised by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council ( AIJAC)
Jim Chalmers in May sponsored by AIJAC
Penny Wong, Tanya Plibersek, Deborah O’Neil, Tim Watts in 2014 with AIJAC.
Richard Marles, Bill Shorten in December 2016 for the Australia Israel UK Leadership Dialogue.