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Neo-Nazi group White Australia banned

The Australian Government has listed White Australia, the neo-Nazi group formerly known as the National Socialist Network, as a...

Darwin honours Australia’s only Jewish premier

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

Jewish leaders welcome new antisemitism legislation passed by federal parliament

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

Concerns grow that antisemitism bill leaves dangerous loopholes

Representatives of the Jewish community have told a Senate committee the government’s draft antisemitism bill risks missing its mark...

ECAJ report finds extreme antisemitism has become part of the mainstream

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

Jewish leaders warn against Labor-Greens deal in Tasmania

Australia’s peak Jewish representative body has urged Tasmanian Labor leader Dean Winter to reject any governing alliance with the...

Australian Jewish leaders welcome Kanye ban

Jewish leaders have welcomed the decision to ban Kanye West from Australia, describing his relentless antisemitic campaign as dangerous...

ECAJ welcomes court ruling banning antisemitic sermons

A Federal Court judge has ordered the removal of a Muslim preacher’s speeches containing “fundamentally racist and antisemitic” statements...

Sydney preacher’s new speech inflames tensions ahead of key court ruling

A Sydney-based Islamic preacher facing legal action over allegedly antisemitic remarks has delivered a new speech accusing the “Jewish...

Radical preacher escalates threats ahead of court battle with ECAJ

Controversial Sydney preacher Wissam Haddad has intensified his rhetoric leading up to a Federal Court hearing, releasing a video...

Lakemba cleric apologises for antisemitic sermon, but doubts over sincerity

An extremist cleric who preached that Jews were “bloodthirsty monsters” who “ran like rats” during the October 7 Hamas...

ECAJ condemns Husic’s sanctions call

Australia’s peak Jewish body has launched a blistering attack on former federal minister Ed Husic, condemning his call for...

L’Chaim to Life: Julie Nathan

Morry Frenkel speaks with Julie Nathan, Research Director at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ). They discuss the J7...

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

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

Aussie Jewish leader sounds alarm in Berlin on antisemitism in Australia

As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the J7 Large Communities’...

ECAJ lodges misconduct complaint against Sydney lawyers over antisemitic slurs

Australia’s peak Jewish organisation has lodged a formal complaint of professional misconduct against former BlackBay Lawyers partners Justin Carroll...

Sharp policy divides on Israel and antisemitism revealed in pre-election survey

A new election survey conducted by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has revealed significant differences between the...

ECAJ takes legal action against radical preacher

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has filed a legal case against radical Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad, alleging that...

Unique challenges of antisemitism in Australia amid global surge

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

Universities ‘toxic’ for Jewish students, inquiry finds

Universities have become toxic for Jewish students and staff, a parliamentary inquiry has found, releasing its findings early ahead...