This Month
NSW premier warns of escalation in antisemitism
Police say an attack on a synagogue in Sydney’s inner west was attempted arson, and the NSW police commissioner and premier calls on the public to help catch those responsible.
- Abe Maddison and Rachael Ward
December 2024
‘Ready to burn’: Australians urged to avoid Boxing Day travel
Firefighters are battling blazes across the country and millions of people are being warned to stay alert as the risk of Christmas-week bushfires intensifies.
- Holly Hales, Kaitlyn Offer and Will Ton
Allan antisemitism response condemned as ‘too slow’
The Victorian premier is mulling new police powers, as two events in Sydney on Sunday underlined how the war in Gaza is stirring tension in Australia.
- Euan Black
‘We need an end to antisemitism’: PM speaks at Sydney Jewish Museum
Anthony Albanese, Allegra Spender speak after Jewish community “outraged and deeply saddened” by Woollahra attack. Follow live updates.
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- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
November 2024
Jews fear for safety after anti-Israel graffiti rampage
Police are looking for two people who were caught running away from the scene of an anti-Israel graffiti spree in the heart of Sydney’s Jewish community.
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- Andrew Tillett
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Police charge Alan Jones with 24 offences days before trip to US
The veteran broadcaster was charged with 24 offences against eight alleged victims after an investigation into “sexual touching offences spanning two decades”.
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- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October 2024
PM condemns Iran for Israel missile strike
Anthony Albanese called for a Middle East ceasefire, as he warned that planned pro-Palestinian protests for October 7 would stoke disharmony.
- Andrew Tillett
September 2024
Ex CBA banker Jon Waldron jailed for bribery
The former CBA technology executive was sentenced to a maximum of six years and eight months prison on Friday, following a conviction in May.
- James Eyers
June 2024
Bravery award for cop who stopped Bondi Junction killer
NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott, who ended the stabbing rampage at Bondi Junction Westfield in April, accepted an award for her bravery on Friday.
- Samantha Lock
May 2024
Police contacted over threats to eSafety chief: court documents
Australia’s e-safety watchdog went to police after commissioner Julie Inman Grant received threats and online abuse after telling X Corp to take down a video of a brutal church stabbing.
- Miklos Bolza
April 2024
Five boys charged following Sydney terrorist attack
Five children have been charged in connection with the stabbing of an Orthodox Christian bishop at a western Sydney church.
- William Ton and Tess Ikonomou
‘At the end of the day, we’re Aussies’: Assyrians assess church attack
For Sydney’s tight-knit Assyrian community, Monday’s terrorist attack in a church was confronting and triggering for a long-persecuted people.
- Max Mason
Inside Chris Minns’ week of terror in Sydney
The NSW premier was on the first day of a planned family break when an attack unfolded at Bondi. His week was about to get much worse.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Terrorism definition in spotlight after Sydney attacks
Muslim community leaders are calling for a rethink of how law enforcement defines terrorism after the Sydney church stabbing.
- Max Mason
Attacks shake Sydney to the core
The NSW capital is reeling in the aftermath of the Bondi Junction massacre and a terror stabbing of a church minister in front of his congregation.
- Andrew Clark
Muslims fear rise in Islamophobia as tensions run high after attack
There are fears in the Muslim community that law enforcement’s labelling of the stabbing of a bishop a terrorist attack will inflame Islamophobia.
- Max Mason
Westfield, retailers at odds over pre-attack drills
Days after six people were fatally stabbed at a Westfield Bondi Junction, it has been revealed it did not perform drills on how to respond to such a threat.
- Campbell Kwan, Michael Bleby and Gus McCubbing
15-year-old arrested after bishop stabbed in Sydney church
Police had to face down angry crowds who gathered at the scene of the alleged stabbing in western Sydney in the hours after the attack.
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- Andrea Hayward, Lewis Jackson and Stella Qiu
Bondi attack shows lone-wolf threat changing: experts
Police forces need to beef up co-operation between units focused on domestic violence, hate crimes and fixated persons, criminologists say.
- Samantha Hutchinson
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‘I’m loving a monster’: Cauchi’s dad speaks out
The parents of killer Joel Cauchi are “heartbroken” for victims of the Bondi attack, saying they believe their son was in a psychosis when he murdered six people.
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- David Marin-Guzman and Michael Smith