Call for envoy's resignation after husband's donation

The donation was, according to Australian Electoral Commission records, disclosed by his company Henroth Investments Pty Ltd.

Ms Segal is not listed as a director or shareholder of the company.

The donation, first reported by The Guardian and The Klaxon, has prompted Muslim community groups to call for her resignation as Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism.

Advance has previously claimed that federal Labor was backed by the Chinese Communist Party and accused left-wing politicians of being "mostly on the same side as Hamas".

In her role, Ms Segal is tasked with helping social cohesion in Australia and last week handed a report on combating anti-Semitism to the Albanese government.

In a statement, Ms Segal said she had no influence on the donations made by the trust.

"No one would tolerate or accept my husband dictating my politics, and I certainly won't dictate his," she told the ABC.

"I have had no involvement in his donations, nor will I."

The Lebanese Muslim Association said the envoy's position was no longer tenable and that her response rang "hollow".

"Segal cannot credibly lead efforts against anti-Semitism while remaining silent about, or benefiting from, the funding of organisations that fuel other forms of racism and bigotry," it said in a statement.

"To pretend this has no bearing on her role is insulting.

"The community isn't naive; this wasn't a distant relative or a faceless entity."

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it was a matter for Ms Segal.

"We are taking substantial steps to crack down on this disgraceful escalation in anti-Semitism that we're seeing in our society," he told reporters in Canberra on Monday.

"We're working our way through that, but when it comes to donations made by her husband to that organisation, she's addressed this publicly on the record, and I see that as a matter for her."

In her report last week, Ms Segal made a number of recommendations that are being considered by the government.