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What message does government secrecy send?

The federal government’s attempt to keep information from the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion raises a question that goes well beyond Cabinet confidentiality.

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Antisemitism inquiry gets full counter-terrorism data

The antisemitism royal commission has once again knocked back a government bid to keep documents about counter-terrorism funding secret. Read more

Civic vacuum helped fuel antisemitism, researcher states

The rise in antisemitism since October 7, 2023 and the Bondi terror attack last December is not simply a security or legal problem.

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Royal Commission to examine online hate and media antisemitism

The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will turn its attention to online hate speech, social media platforms and antisemitism in traditional media when it resumes public hearings in Sydney later this month.

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Group of Eight report calls for stronger action against campus antisemitism

Australia’s leading universities have been urged to give vice chancellors clearer authority to act quickly on antisemitism on campus, including by building direct relationships with senior police before crises arise.

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The Royal Commission is listening. Is the government?

Australia finds itself in a strange and troubling position. Read more

Bondi sunrise service honours victims of tragedy

As the sun rose over Bondi Beach on Tuesday, members of the Sydney Jewish community came together to mark six months since the terror attack that shook Australia and the Jewish world.

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Press Council upholds complaint over antisemitic cartoon

The Australian Press Council upheld a complaint against The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age yesterday regarding a Cathy Wilcox cartoon published shortly after the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. Read more

After Bondi, a daughter’s grief becomes a national mission

Sheina Gutnick says Australia’s response to antisemitism must move from national hearings and public statements into local communities, where hatred is often first seen and where practical action can be taken.

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Debra Messing tells JCA gala it’s time for Jews to be louder and prouder

Actress Debra Messing has urged Sydney’s Jewish community to stand openly and proudly as Jews, telling JCA’s major campaign event that the answer to antisemitism is not silence but courage, unity and identity.

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When Jewish advocacy is treated as suspicion

There is an uncomfortable question sitting beneath the public discussion about antisemitism in Australia. Read more

Commissioner condemns online abuse of Jewish witnesses

Commissioner Virginia Bell has issued a dramatic warning to people intimidating and harassing Jewish witnesses who have given evidence to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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‘Likely’ Chanukah terror did not prompt extra policing

A Jewish security group viewed terrorist attacks as likely in the lead-up to the Bondi massacre, but police did not carry out a threat assessment. Read more

Bondi attack security failures under Royal Commission scrutiny

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will turn its attention to the security and intelligence failures surrounding the Bondi terrorist attack when its second block of public hearings begins this Sydney on Monday, 25 May 2026.

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Frank Lowy calls for a new game plan against antisemitism

Sir Frank Lowy has urged Australia to launch a major national campaign against antisemitism, saying the country can learn from the way ethnic conflict was removed from Australian soccer.

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Light over darkness: Shabbat dinner to reclaim Bondi

Waverley Council is inviting members of the public to register their interest by this Friday in attending a community Shabbat dinner at Bondi Pavilion on 29 May, part of a series of initiatives aimed at fostering healing and solidarity in the wake of the 14 December terror attack.

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Government responds to interim Bondi royal commission recommendations

The Albanese government says it prioritised support for victims, helped affected businesses and strengthened security for Jewish community events in its first formal response to the interim report of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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Antisemitism expert warns commission that anti-Jewish hatred has entered mainstream

British antisemitism expert Dr Dave Rich has delivered a stark warning to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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The antisemitism driving Jewish musicians off Australian stages

Australian performer Deborah Conway has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that Jewish musicians are being targeted, cancelled and professionally punished because of their Jewish identity and connection to Israel.

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More than 80 percent of Australian Jewish women report antisemitism

Jewish women in Australia are experiencing antisemitism at alarming rates, with more than 80 per cent saying they or an immediate family member has been targeted since October 7, new research shows.

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Social media posts expose ugly rise in antisemitic abuse

Antisemitic comments have flooded the online “public square”, the Royal Commission has been told, affecting the experience of many Jews on social media.

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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, describing the incident as “beyond belief” and warning that hateful language is increasingly being normalised through social media.

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Behind every Royal Commission witness are hundreds too afraid to speak

For every witness who has appeared before the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, there are likely thousands of other Jewish Australians with equally compelling stories who have chosen not to testify publicly.

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The Royal Commission seeks truth, not ideological ‘balance’

A Sydney councillor with a long record of antizionist activism has urged supporters of the pro-Palestinian movement to “flood” the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion with submissions.

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“Coffee on Little Collins Street”: the unbearable insult of the ISIS returnees

There is a particular kind of unease that comes from reading reports that a woman recently repatriated from Syria, after spending years living under ISIS rule, said the thing she “missed most” was a coffee on Melbourne’s Little Collins Street.

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Yom Haatzma’ut celebration marked by unity, resilience and defiance

Political leaders, diplomats and members of Sydney’s Jewish community gathered on Thursday night to celebrate Israel’s 78th Independence Day.

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Second hearing block of Royal Commission to examine lead-up to Bondi terror attack

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has announced that the second hearing block will have a major focus on the circumstances surrounding the December 2025 terror attack at Bondi Beach during the “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration.

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Jewish nurse ‘urged to empathise’ with Bondi gunmen

At the Royal Commission today, a Jewish health worker explained how she was urged to put herself in the shoes of the Bondi gunmen during an employer-organised counselling session.

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Jewish students bullied while learning about Holocaust

The Royal Commission has heard how Jewish students were bullied while learning about the Holocaust.

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