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Australian PM rejects Netanyahu’s linking of Palestine recognition to Bondi beach attack

Israeli PM on Sunday accused Anthony Albanese of doing ‘nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism’

The Guardian - UK

Bondi beach shooting: states agree on tougher gun laws after worst terror attack in Australian history

Gun owners would face limits on the number of weapons they can own and only Australian citizens would be able to hold a licence, prime minister says

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: regardless of whether massacre was preventable, Albanese has been found wanting in meeting antisemitism crisis

Anthony Albanese cut a lonely political figure laying a small bunch of flowers at Bondi on Monday morning, as the question confronted the nation: could more have been done by leaders, and the community, to prevent this tragedy?

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National cabinet agrees to sweeping overhaul of Australia’s gun laws in response to Bondi massacre

Federal, state and territory governments have agreed to the biggest overhaul of Australia’s gun laws since the Howard government’s post-Port Arthur reforms, in a response to the Bondi massacre that has claimed the lives of 15 victims so far and one of the perpetrators.

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Bondi attack came after huge increase in online antisemitism: research

At least 16 people – including a ten-year-old child – are dead after two men opened fire on a crowd of people celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Sunday in a public park at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Many more are injured.

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Palestine Action Group ‘Appalled’ By Statement Linking Bridge March To Bondi Attack

"We must not let Israeli politicians, Segal, or the far right, turn this tragedy into further racist hate."

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'Time for talk over': action call after Bondi massacre

Australia's Jewish community has demanded authorities provide strong and unequivocal leadership on tackling anti-Semitism following the Bondi terror attack.

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‘We stand with you’: Jewish leaders around world respond to Bondi beach attack

Communities express shock and solidarity after at least 12 people killed iin Sydney at event marking start of Hanukah

The Guardian - UK

Islamophobic incidents in Australia 'skyrocketed' since Israel-Hamas war, envoy reports

A government-appointed envoy says anti-Muslim incidents have skyrocketed across Australia since the Israel-Hamas war began two years ago

The Independent UK

Threatened, harassed and spat on: envoy details rise in attacks and recommends Islamophobia be treated with urgency

Aftab Malik cites bomb threats and assaults when releasing report containing 54 recommendations

The Guardian - AU

Religious protections push to combat Islamophobia rise

A red line is being drawn to tackle a rise in hatred and attacks towards Muslims in Australia as the prime minister pledges to stamp out discrimination.

AAP

Australian neo-Nazi attack on sacred Indigenous site a worrying trend

Attack on site sacred to Aboriginal community followed an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne city.

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Failure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy says

At a Gold Coast conference, Jillian Segal declined to address the presence of neo-Nazis at Sunday’s anti-immigration marches

The Guardian - AU

US group offers fares and accommodation for councillors to attend Gold Coast antisemitism conference

At least one councillor has accepted having costs paid, while the mayor of Sydney’s Inner West council says he will speak out against remarks by the organisers at the summit

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The right has filled a void on antisemitism – leaving the Jewish left without a language to talk about it

It should not be difficult to define antisemitism. The torching of a synagogue in Melbourne last month. Unfurling a flag with a Nazi swastika near the Sydney Jewish Museum in February. Too many recent examples are clearly antisemitic (though the lawyer of the man who unfurled the Nazi flag said…

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Protesters urge Israel sanctions ahead of MPs return

The first of three days of pro-Palestinian protests in Canberra saw hundreds of demonstrators march to Israel's embassy calling for sanctions.

The Guardian - AU

Push to end antisemitism is welcome but envoy’s plan raises concerns, Australia’s race commissioner warns

Giridharan Sivaraman says he hopes to meet Jillian Segal to discuss her proposals and their implications for fundamental rights and freedoms

The Guardian - AU

‘Tackle racism in whatever form’: Labor defers response to contentious antisemitism proposals for universities

Jason Clare says racism exists in ‘all its ugly forms’ at universities and the government will consider two other key reports before responding

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Anti-Semitism report 'runs risk of being too sweeping'

As the federal government mulls recommendations of a major anti-Semitism report, an outspoken Labor MP warns against a "heavy-handed" response.

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Right-wing political group Advance is in the headlines. What is it and what does it stand for?

Political lobby group Advance has been back in the headlines this week. It was revealed an organisation headed by the husband of the Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, donated A$50,000 to the group.

AAP

Free speech concerns over defining anti-Semitism

A proposal that Australia adopt an international organisation's definition of anti-Semitism could impact free speech, a legal expert has warned.

The Guardian - AU

PM hails ‘very constructive’ meeting – as it happened

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Antisemitism plan fails on a number of fronts – a contentious definition of hate is just the start

The antisemitism strategy presented to the Albanese government has attracted considerable – and wholly justifed – criticism.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Segal’s antisemitism plan gives government controversy, not clarity

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be rueing what seemed a good idea at the time – the appointment of a special envoy to combat antisemitism (as well as an envoy to combat Islamophobia).

The Guardian - AU

Antisemitism envoy denies involvement in major donation by husband’s company to rightwing group Advance

Records show company co-directed by Jillian Segal’s husband donated $50,000 in 2024 to lobby group which campaigned against Albanese and pro-Palestine protests

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