3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (656+ words) Thousands of Australians are expected to gather on Bondi Beach this Chanukah in what organisers say will be the largest Jewish community event ever held in Australia, marking one year since a terrorist attack targeted the community’s annual celebration. Jewish…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (400+ words) The prime minister has defended a decision not to follow the UK in announcing trade bans on Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Anthony Albanese has defended his government’s decision not to join the UK in restricting trade with…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (967+ words) National Council of Jewish Women Australia president Lynda Ben-Menashe has challenged Grace Tame’s apology over her remarks about sexual violence against Israeli women, while renewing an invitation to meet. In an Instagram statement today, 10 September, Tame said she believed Israeli…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (812+ words) Grace Tame’s belated apology for dismissing accounts of sexual violence against Israelis on October 7 as “propaganda” and “debunked” should have been an uncomplicated act of moral accountability. Tame now says that she believes Israeli survivors, including those who have given…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (637+ words) Israel’s ambassador Hillel Newman has urged Australia to resist a British-style ban on settlement goods, warning against broader sanctions as Canberra prepares further targeted action over violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank. Newman told The Australian that sanctions…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (458+ words) A neo-Nazi leader and his fledgeling political party have a reasonable chance of winning a High Court dispute, a leading legal expert has said. White Australia Party Inc, headed by white supremacist Thomas Sewell, launched the legal challenge after a…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (397+ words) Tasmania has introduced legislation targeting antisemitism that would ban the public display of terrorist and prohibited hate group symbols and create specific offences for intimidating worshippers and damaging religious sites. The Justice Miscellaneous (Prohibited Symbols and Protection of Worship) Bill…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (581+ words) Glen Eira City Council has become the first local government in Victoria to adopt a dedicated Antisemitism Strategy and Action Plan, covering 2026 to 2028. The two-year plan was developed in response to data showing that Glen Eira accounted for 43 per cent…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (591+ words) ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says leaders underestimated repeated warnings about rising antisemitism and the growing risk of politically motivated violence before the Bondi Beach terror attack. In his first extensive interview since the 14 December 2025 attack, Burgess said ASIO had repeatedly…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (429+ words) A 52-year-old Mossman man charged over alleged antisemitic threats in Far North Queensland has been identified as Chris McCoomb, with the Zionist Council of Queensland named as the alleged target. Queensland Police and the Australian Federal Police announced last week…...