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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...

Burger Centre celebrates 30 years

Sydney's Burger Centre is approaching its 30th birthday during an international pandemic.

Across the political divide

NSW Labor frontbencher and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair, Walt Secord has paid tribute to Malcolm Turnbull, saying his successor in Wentworth will have “impossibly large shoes to fill when it comes to supporting the Jewish community and Israel”.

ZFA’s Danny Lamm full of praise for Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop

President of the ZFA, Dr. Danny Lamm has praised PM Malcolm Turnbull and FM Julie Bishop for voting against a UN Human Rights Council resolution which called for an investigation into Palestinian deaths during protests along the Israel-Gaza border.

State memorial service for Barry Cohen

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition leader Bill Shorten will speak at a State Memorial for former Labor minister Barry Cohen.

Ugly slogan at Sydney station

The pristine white walls of Sydney's Martin Place station have been daubed with a message calling for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to be "1st in the oven".

Prime Minister Turnbull addresses ASPI-BESA Centre Bilateral dialogue participants in Ramat Gan

The relationship between Australia and Israel is closer than it has ever been, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told the Be'er Sheva Dialogue between the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Begin-Sadat (BESA) Centre for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University.

The Turnbulls visit Yad Vashem

Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy have visited Yad Vashem World Holocaust Centre in Jerusalem and reiterates "as we stand with Israel and the Jewish People".

Beersheba notebook

It is hard to describe the feelings of being in Israel at this very special moment. Particularly, that of being an Australian in Israel and more specifically, spending yesterday in Beersheba...writes Ron Weiser.

The Netanyahus welcome the Turnbulls

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy who travelled to Israel in the framework of the event to mark the 100th anniversary of the WWO battle for Be'er Sheva.

Turnbull says Australia to upgrade co-operation with Israel

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that australia is to upgrade co-operation with Israel on defence and national security.

Safer beaches for Tel Aviv

With Magen David Adom announcing that 134 people have got in difficulties swimming in the Mediterranean Sea on Israel's coastline, news that a new nippers program on Tel Aviv's beach will be signalled by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm when he visits Israel later this month.

PM keeps his date with Dassi

Dassi Erlich met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Melbourne today to discuss her campaign t0 fight for the extradition of Malka Leifer to Australia to face 74 criminal charges for alleged sexual abuse of school children under her care while she was the headmistress of the Adass Israel School in Melbourne prior to her sudden departure for Israel in 2008.

Shoulder to shoulder

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull paid an unexpected visit to Sydney's Central Synagogue to join its Friday night service and Menorah lighting telling the congregation that Australia stands "shoulder to shoulder" with Israel.

Danby calls on Turnbull to dump Iran policy

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has called on new Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to dump Australia's current Iran policy established by the former administration.

Malcolm meets AUJS

A delegation of 50 AUJS students from around Australia has visited Canberra to develop their political knowledge and skills, by meeting with many of the nation's senior leaders in Parliament House...including Malcolm Turnbull days before he became Prime Minister.

Community welcomes Malcolm

Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is no stranger to the country's Jewish community given that his federal seat of Wentworth is home to the majority of Jews living in Sydney.

School security welcome

The Member for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull, has welcomed funding for four local schools under the Coalition Government’s $18 million Schools Security Programme.

Second Bite guaranteed

Second Byte, an organisation which rescues supermarket food which has reached its use by date has joined Sydney's Our Big Kitchen in a new initiative to get that food to those who need it.

Bis Hundert und fünfzig

Federal Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull told Bondi's Burger Centre's Seniors' Expo that we are fast approaching the time we should wish people "bis hundert und funfzig instead of zwanzig.