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Australia backs sanctions but rules out settlement trade ban
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…...
'Difficult' test looming in neo-Nazi High Court case
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…...
Glen Eira adopts Victoria’s first dedicated local-government antisemitism strategy
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…...
Man Charged with Threatening Zionist Council of Queensland Investigation Updates – J-Wire
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…...
Behind closed doors: Arts leaders take antisemitism concerns to Royal Commission
1+ week, 4+ day ago (504+ words) Senior figures from Australia’s arts and creative industries have met privately with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion to discuss the exclusion of Jewish artists, the politicisation of cultural events and ways to improve the sector’s response to…...
Royal Commission granted extension to December 18 for final report
1+ week, 4+ day ago (204+ words) The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has been granted a short extension by the Australian Government, pushing delivery of its final report from December 14 to Friday, December 18, 2026. Commissioner Virginia Bell AC SC requested the extension to ensure the…...
Teen radicalised on TikTok planned Opera House bombing
1+ week, 5+ day ago (731+ words) A Sydney schoolboy was 14 when extremist content on TikTok drew him towards Islamic State ideology and a plan to bomb crowds outside the Sydney Opera House during the Sydney Marathon. The teenager, now 16, has pleaded guilty to committing acts in…...
Stephen Lawrence’s double standard on Israel—and the Royal Commission
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1011+ words) Stephen Lawrence’s Deepcut News article “Labor politician calls out Royal Commission’s ‘profound ignorance’ on Israel” is framed as a rebuke to the Royal Commission for its supposed “profound ignorance” of Israel. In reality, it demonstrates something quite different: an unwillingness…...
Queensland man charged over alleged antisemitic threats
1+ week, 5+ day ago (640+ words) A Far North Queensland man has been charged over alleged threats containing antisemitic abuse directed at an unnamed religious organisation. Queensland Police and Australian Federal Police officers arrested the 52-year-old Mossman man on the Captain Cook Highway at Macalister Range…...
Richard Flanagan's Controversial Speech Examined – J-Wire
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (955+ words) This is a very difficult article for me to write as I deeply admire Richard Flanagan’s body of work. Flanagan presents himself as a courageous truth-teller resisting a campaign of intimidation. In reality, his speech is an angry polemic that…...