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Federal Budget adds $68.7 million in new Jewish community support

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
In tonight’s federal Budget, the Albanese government announced $68.7 million in new Jewish community-specific funding. This is made up of...

Darwin honours Australia’s only Jewish premier

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
A ceremony in Darwin honouring Australia’s only Jewish state premier, Vaiben Louis Solomon, has highlighted the long but little-known...

Jewish children targeted in antisemitic attack at Questacon

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
Two Jewish primary school students on a Canberra excursion were subjected to a Nazi salute slogan by a fellow...

Second teen arrested following antisemitic ute attack on Jewish boys in East St Kilda

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
On Friday, Victoria Police arrested a second teenage boy in connection with an antisemitic incident in which Jewish schoolboys...

Jewish leaders welcome new antisemitism legislation passed by federal parliament

News J-Wire News Service -
Australia’s federal parliament has passed the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026, with Jewish community leaders describing the...

Jewish community welcomes announcement of royal commission into antisemitism

Community Rob Klein -
Australia’s peak Jewish organisations have welcomed the federal government’s decision to establish a Commonwealth Royal Commission into antisemitism and...

Jewish community leadership calls for a Royal Commission

Community J-Wire Newsdesk -
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, together with the Jewish roof organisations...

ECAJ report finds extreme antisemitism has become part of the mainstream

News Rob Klein -
The newly released ECAJ Report on Anti-Jewish Incidents in Australia 2025 reveals that Australian Jews have endured a second...

Queensland Jewish community celebrates 160 years with “less oy, more joy”

Community Rob Klein -
The Queensland Jewish community is celebrating 160 years of Jewish life in Queensland, marking the milestone with events highlighting...

Gaza report reignites debate over UN Commission’s credibility

News Pesach Benson -
Israel sharply rejected a new United Nations report accusing it of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, calling the...

‘Forever tarnished’: Netanyahu spews more vitriol on PM

News AAP -
Israel's prime minister has launched another verbal salvo against Anthony Albanese over his handling of the situation in the...

Jewish leaders condemn Australia’s recognition of Palestine as ‘dangerous and premature’

News Rob Klein -
Jewish community organisations have sharply criticised the Albanese government’s decision to recognise the State of Palestine at the United...

Outrageous antisemitic targeting of young Jewish students

News David Marlow -
Ten and eleven-year-old Jewish students from Melbourne's Mount Scopus Memorial College were targeted with antisemitic chanting during a school...

Protests take over from pageantry as parliament returns

News AAP -
Protests in and around Parliament House threatened to disrupt proceedings as the nation's politicians went through the traditional ceremonies of...

 Segal’s antisemitism report urges bold reforms across education, media and migration

News Rob Klein -
In response to a 300% surge in antisemitic incidents across Australia,  a landmark action report was today launched with...

Sanctions backlash adds to ‘uncertainty’ with US

News AAP -
Australia could question its future co-operation with the US after a decision to sanction Israeli government ministers was condemned...

Bipartisan celebration of Israel’s 77th birthday

News David Marlow -
State and federal politicians, multicultural community leaders, and Jewish community leaders met on Tuesday night in Melbourne to celebrate...

Australia to chair the J7 group, taking helm of global antisemitism response

News Rob Klein -
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has confirmed that Australia will assume the rotating chair of the J7 Task...

Unique challenges of antisemitism in Australia amid global surge

News Rob Klein -
Daniel Aghion, President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), has just returned from representing Australia at the...

QUT under fire for antisemitic display at anti-racism symposium

News Rob Klein -
The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is under intense scrutiny after an antisemitic image was displayed during a “comedy”...

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