Yesterday
- Analysis
- Antisemitism
Taskforce better late than never, but the damage has been done
It feels like the government has again underestimated the import of a serious event and is playing catch-up, which doesn’t help a prime minister fighting a perception of weakness.
- Phillip Coorey
New police, ASIO squad to keep Jews safe
Amid a deepening political row, a special flying squad of officers will be created to tackle antisemitism as Friday’s synagogue fire is declared an act of terrorism.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett and Gus McCubbing
No ongoing threat after synagogue attack: ASIO
ASIO conducts own antisemitism inquiries as the AFP sets up a special operation; David Lamming avoids criminal conviction after arrest outside The Star. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
This Month
Netanyahu blames Albanese for Melbourne synagogue attack
The Israeli prime minister said that “it is impossible to separate this reprehensible act from the extreme anti-Israeli position of the Labor government”.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
Jewish leaders plead with PM: crack down on antisemitism now
An arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue is a “crime of hate”, Anthony Albanese says.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
‘They’ve lost my vote’: anger, defiance after synagogue attack
Politicians, journalists, firefighters, and police officers descended upon Ripponlea in Melbourne’s south-east after the horrific burning of a synagogue.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
A lot of politics is driving the debate about antisemitism
It is one thing to take issue with the federal government’s position on a resolution to the UN. It is another to argue it is the cause of rising antisemitic attacks in Australia.
- Laura Tingle
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
‘Doing our best’ to fight antisemitism? Far from it
In Victoria, Jews live in a climate of fear because next to nothing has been done to stop the attacks against them.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
Synagogue attacked; AusSuper’s $1 trillion woe; Murdoch Christmas bash
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Hunt for synagogue fire suspects who ‘spread accelerant with a broom’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says police believe the intention was to cause maximum damage in the Jewish place of worship.
- Lucy Slade and Gus McCubbing
- Analysis
- Penny Wong
Why Wong flipped on Israel vote
The foreign minister would have anticipated that Australia’s decision would anger Jewish groups and the Coalition, but she wants Palestinians to have their own homeland.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Australia to break with Israel in looming UN votes
Australian diplomats are weighing supporting several resolutions in an attempt to help revive the stalled two-state solution peace deal.
- Andrew Tillett
- Breaking
- Antisemitism
White powder scare at Israel embassy
The embassy, in the heart of Canberra’s diplomatic community, went into lockdown while police tested a mysterious substance.
- Andrew Tillett
- Updated
- Middle East tensions
Trump vows ‘hell to pay’ if Gaza hostages not released
The president-elect has threatened to hit Hamas “harder than anybody has been hit” after news emerged of an American-Israeli soldier killed on October 7.
- Updated
- Jill Colvin
‘Dad has never done a deal like this’: Ben Weiss’ wartime buyout
The son of famed corporate raider Gary Weiss has just pulled off a deal to take an AI company private in Tel Aviv. It nearly didn’t happen.
- Paul Smith
November
Board purge at MSO, chairman and three directors to go
Four directors of the troubled orchestra will retire, and delays caused by legal action mean Peter Garrett will no longer review its governance.
- Updated
- Michael Bailey
‘We must rescue our society’: PM urged to lead on antisemitism
Jews are dismayed by the surge in hatred since October 7 and the lack of leadership by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It’s a “fight for our way of life” says Jillian Segal, the antisemitism envoy.
- Andrew Tillett
The full list of bills to be passed tonight
The Senate has begun voting on a series of bills being rushed through in the final hours of parliamentary sittings for 2024. Follow live updates.
- Updated
- Timothy Moore and Lucy Slade
‘Possible immunity’: France suggests no Netanyahu arrest
The foreign ministry argued that an ICC rule on immunity may apply to the Israeli prime minister if he travelled to France, despite the court’s arrest warrant.
- Aurelien Breeden
I’m from Iran and this is why boycotting Israel won’t work
Writers the world over have backed a call for a cultural boycott of Israel, similar to that imposed on South Africa during the apartheid era. What good will that serve?
- Arash Azizi
