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Rebecca Tabakoff says Jewish parents in Sydney are scared to send their children to school because of rising antisemitism.

‘We don’t know where it’ll come from next’: Jews living in fear

Sydney parent Rebecca Tabakoff is “on high alert about everything” after the spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney.

  • Paul Karp

January

Van find a ‘disturbing escalation’, but no hike to terror risk: ASIO

Director-general of security Mike Burgess says the discovery of explosives and antisemitic notes in a caravan near Sydney does not warrant raising the nation’s threat level. Anthony Albanese says the perpetrators will be hunted down.

  • Paul Karp
Premier Chris Minns and Police Commissioner Karen Webb speak on Thursday.

For Jewish Australians, when does the terror stop?

The discovery of a caravan in Sydney laden with explosives means Australia’s antisemitism crisis has taken a sinister turn.

  • Andrew Tillett
Police executed a search warrant on a property located on Derriwong Road, Dural.

Explosives in Dural a potential ‘mass casualty’ antisemitic attack

The discovery of explosives with indications they might be used in an antisemitic attack is an ‘escalation’ of earlier incidents.

  • Paul Karp
Donald Trump views Europe’s chronic trade surplus with the United States as clear evidence of unfair competition, and will not back down on proposed tariffs.

Here are Europe’s three big fears in a Trumpian world

If it fails to adapt, the European Commission may end up looking like the Los Angeles fire department – scrambling after the damage has already been done.

  • Kenneth Rogoff
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Today is the 80th anniversary of the holocaust

Eighty years later, ‘never again’ falls short

Holocaust memorial day is more than an annual commemoration. It is an urgent reminder of what happens when the world turns its back on the quest to murder Jews.

  • Stephen Pollard
Donald Trump’s inauguration had more tech billionaires than any other.

More than bluster to Trump’s pro-business agenda

Donald Trump’s second coming must focus the mind of the political class on progressing the tax, workplace and regulatory reform agenda required to sharpen Australia’s international competitiveness.

  • The AFR View
Sir Frank Lowy at his house in Tel Aviv.

International ‘dark forces’ at work in antisemitic attacks, Lowy warns

The Westfield founder says it’s hard to find another explanation for the suddenness and scale of the recent spate of incidents in Australia.

  • Hans van Leeuwen
The Boy in the Bubble

Trump fires up war on woke

Donald Trump is waging war on DEI policies. Does this mean the defeat of woke – or just another front in the fight?

  • Jennifer Hewett
In the upcoming election campaign, Peter Dutton will find fertile ground in immigration and security issues.

Dutton will wage ungentlemanly warfare on national security

Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison all ultimately failed to create their own winning ‘khaki campaign’. But it didn’t stop them from trying, and it won’t stop Dutton from trying either.

  • Lidija Ivanovski
Donald Trump in the White House

Donald Trump and the art of the diplomatic deal

Donald Trump has always loved a deal. Now he wants to force governments to gamble at his own White House table.

  • Jennifer Hewett
Ed Chung is the chief executive of TechnologyOne.

Canberra should help us help the Pacific, for everyone’s gain

The government should not think businesses can be coerced into operating in the region but remove disincentives, writes TechnologyOne chief executive Ed Chung.

  • Ed Chung
President Donald Trump holds up one of the executive orders he signed at the public rally in Washington’s Capitol One Arena.

Trump’s revolution takes shape and extraordinary becomes the norm

The formal traditions of an American presidential inauguration couldn’t obscure the extent of the Trump revolution immediately under way.

  • Jennifer Hewett
Hours after TikTok went dark across America, Trump rushed to the rescue by switching the app back on.

Look to AI, not TikTok, for Trump’s China intentions

Trump’s TikTok’s reprieve is a sideshow that reflects his personal popularity on the platform. He will fight much harder in the real geopolitical technological battle – the global struggle for AI supremacy.

  • The AFR View
Donald Trump dances at a rally ahead of his inauguration as US president.

Trump’s triumphant return shows just how much the ground has shifted

The president-elect says his administration won’t waste a minute in delivering on its promises. The Trump revolution is under way.

  • Jennifer Hewett
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Even Henry Kissinger, the master of strategic ambiguity in US-Chinese relations, conceded it could not last indefinitely.

Trump should heed Kissinger on Taiwan

Even the master of strategic ambiguity in US-Chinese relations conceded the status quo could not last indefinitely.

  • John Bolton
Donald Trump is likely to sense he has enormous leverage over Australia because it’s leaders feel compelled to keep AUKUS on the rails.

Expect Trump to cut defence spending deal on AUKUS

The incoming president is likely to be tempted to prove he can get a better deal than Joe Biden negotiated with Australia on the nuclear submarines.

  • Michael Shoebridge
Destroyed buildings by Israeli bombardments as seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel.

How Australia can play a crucial role in Gaza’s future

Our nation has a unique opportunity to aid the peace process in the Middle East. But it requires a strategic pivot in its approach to aid funding.

  • Michael Easson and Jamal Rifi
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (pictured) President Lai of Taiwan has sought to hold talks with the People’s Republic of China and has worked hard to improve relations with China

No Mr Ambassador, here’s the real truth about China and Taiwan

Xiao Qian’s seven points should be recognised as cherry-picked half-truths that have been heavily distorted in the service of China’s hardline expansionism.

  • Douglas Hsu
Australia’s wealth is far more dependent on China, and we would be more vulnerable than the US in the event of conflict.

Will Trump’s hard line on Beijing ‘blow up’ Canberra’s China policy?

Canberra insiders fear the second coming of Donald Trump could bring pressure on Australia to disown its “stabilisation” policy with Beijing.

  • James Curran
Alex Ryvchin and his wife Vicky at their former home on Friday.

‘Evil at work’: Jewish leader’s former home targeted in Sydney attack

A Dover Heights house where prominent leader Alex Ryvchin used to live was doused in red paint, continuing a spate of antisemitic incidents.

  • Gus McCubbing and Andrew Tillett
It is clear US foreign policy will be all about the art of the deal during the second presidency of Donald Trump.

Four Middle East truths of the ceasefire deal

We shouldn’t draw too many conclusive lessons from the latest Israel-Palestine conflict, but it does point to some realities about geopolitics in the age of Trump 2.0.

  • The AFR View
FILE - A Taiwan national flag flutters near the Taipei 101 building at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Why Xiao Qian’s Taiwan claims are misinforming Australians

The Chinese ambassador is expected to convey his government’s official stance, but misrepresenting Australia’s positions is bad diplomatic form.

  • Bryce Wakefield
Businesses ‘social licence’ now hinges on helping safeguard our regional interests, according Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy.

Business enlists in Team Australia in the Pacific

Business engagement in diplomatic initiatives is welcome, but engagement in the Pacific must be in the best interests of customers, shareholders and employees.

  • The AFR View
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Who can best manage Trump – Albanese or Dutton?

Instead of caution and guile from Canberra, we have the absurd posturing of the prime minister and opposition leader on who is best fitted to influence the mad king.

  • James Curran

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