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AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw, ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess, Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for the Arts and Leader of the House Tony Burke at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 26 August 2025.

Iran suspected of involvement in two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil

The prime minister has revealed that the Iranian government is suspected of involvement in two attacks against the Jewish community in Australia.

  • Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal

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CCTV from one of the incidents at the South Yarra synagogue

Alleged vandal in Scream mask charged over synagogue graffiti

A 37-year-old man has been charged over a spate of graffiti attacks on a South Yarra synagogue.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Angelo Loras is accused of setting fire to the East Melbourne synagogue.

Accused arsonist lived under a bridge, ‘thought synagogue was a home’

Angelo Loras, 34, applied to be released on bail on Friday despite having no fixed address, nor any family or employment in Victoria.

  • Emily Woods
The destroyed interior of the Adass Israel Synagogue.

Second man charged over Adass Israel Synagogue arson

Counter-terrorism officers have charged a second man over the arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in December 2024.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Neta Cameron

‘Singing Nazi anthem, doing the salute’: student faces antisemitism

A 14-year-old Jewish girl says she faced Nazi salutes and swastikas at schools in Melbourne’s south-east.

  • Nicole Precel
Palestinian cookbook author Mona Zahed.

Palestinian author’s visa cancelled after post celebrating Hamas attack emerges

The Department of Home Affairs scrapped a visa it had issued to cookbook author Mona Zahed to travel to Australia.

  • Brittany Busch
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Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating multiple incidents of criminal damage to a South Yarra synagogue.

Synagogue targeted with graffiti by man in Scream mask

Police say the man has targeted the synagogue five time since March and wore the white horror movie mask in a recent incident.

  • Angus Delaney and Alexander Darling
Gladstone Park Secondary College.

High school principal condemns ‘deplorable’ antisemitic slurs by her students

Gladstone Park Secondary’s school leadership has launched a review, apologised and branded abuse hurled at 10-year-olds “deeply traumatic and unacceptable.”

  • Noel Towell
Police arrest a 21-year-old Werribee man on Wednesday over his alleged role in the Adass Israel synagogue fire.

Overseas criminal suspects linked to synagogue firebombing probe

Police also said authorities were investigating links to exiled tobacco kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad.

  • Angus Delaney
Premier Jacinta Allan on Tuesday.

Premier calls pro-Palestine protesters who rallied outside NGV ‘extremists’ and ‘antisemitic’

The activists are believed to have targeted the National Gallery of Victoria because of donations the gallery has received from Jewish philanthropists John and Pauline Gandel, who have ties to Israel.

  • Daniella White