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Proposed Hamas policy shift sparks warning to Labor

Jewish communal organisations have warned the ALP against weakening its Middle East policy after reports the party’s draft national...

Man sentenced over antisemitic death threats to Albanese and Minns

A West Australian man who sent an antisemitic message threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier...

Antisemitism is a ‘light sleeper’ in Australia, ECAJ president warns royal commission

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion received more than 20,000 submissions, one of the largest public responses...

Bankstown nurses seek to exclude key video evidence

A Sydney court has heard a bid to exclude a video at the centre of the prosecution of two...

Victorian Labor condemned over anti-Israel motions

Victorian Labor has been criticised after delegates at its state conference backed motions condemning Israel, calling for the release...

Government announces full-time counter-terrorism coordinator

Senior national security figure Brendan Dowling has taken up the role of Australia's first dedicated, full-time Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, a...

Albanese says alleged antisemitic abuse at netball match is “beyond belief”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the alleged antisemitic abuse directed at Jewish children during a Sydney netball match,...

Jewish Australians begin giving evidence as Royal Commission hearings open

Jewish Australians began giving evidence on Monday as public hearings opened in the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social...

PM pledges to adopt all recommendations from interim Commission report

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to adopt all recommendations from the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion,...

Jewish events to face tighter security as royal commission interim report sets out reforms

Public Jewish life in Australia is set to operate under heightened security as the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and...

Thousands of submissions to Commission lay bare antisemitism in daily Australian life

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has received more than 3500 submissions, far exceeding expectations and underscoring...

Iran retaliates striking Tel Aviv with cluster warheads

Iran has used cluster warheads to attack on Tel Aviv, in retaliation for Israel's killing of the Islamic Republic's...

Albanese and Carney warn Iran must not obtain nuclear weapons

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have called for a wider de-escalation of hostilities in...

Hundreds of Aussies heading home from Middle East

A Sydney-bound flight is on its way to Dubai, carrying fleeing Australians, as crisis teams are sent to the...

Australian leaders back siege on ‘illegitimate’ Iran regime

Senior Australian government ministers have been called to a snap meeting after the US and Israel launched strikes on...

‘You are family. You are not alone’: Herzog joined by Albanese at Chabad of Bondi

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined members of the Jewish community on Tuesday evening...

Albanese pushes Israeli president on aid worker’s death

The prime minister has raised the death in Gaza of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom with the visiting Israeli...

Israeli president trip defended ahead of Canberra visit

Security has been tightened in the nation's capital ahead of Isaac Herzog's visit to Canberra on the third day...

Legal fight ahead of contentious Israeli president trip

Protesters are headed to court after police were granted extra power to try and stifle demonstrations against the Israeli...

Sydney Opera House memorial reclaims a national symbol after Bondi attack

Flags above the Sydney Harbour Bridge flew at half-mast last night as families of the victims, Jewish leaders and...