This Month
Racism and antisemitism ‘pervasive’ at universities: report
The Australian Human Rights Commission says Jewish students believe universities are incapable or unwilling to address their safety concerns.
- Tom McIlroy
Islamophobia surges more than 500pc, says racism register
Amid the national debate over antisemitism, Muslims say they are also targeted by hate crimes.
- Andrew Tillett
Dutton blocked show of political unity on antisemitism, says Labor MP
Josh Burns says the Liberal leader stopped shadow minister James Paterson reading a statement on his behalf condemning the Melbourne synagogue attack.
- Andrew Tillett
‘They’ve lost my vote’: anger, defiance after synagogue attack
Politicians, journalists, firefighters, and police officers descended upon Ripponlea in Melbourne’s south-east after the horrific burning of a synagogue.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
‘Doing our best’ to fight antisemitism? Far from it
In Victoria, Jews live in a climate of fear because next to nothing has been done to stop the attacks against them.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
November
Lidia Thorpe taunts senators, stares down suspension
The suspended senator entered the press gallery on Thursday and called for a “free Palestine” as debate rumbled in the chamber below.
- Kat Wong
- Exclusive
- Women in Leadership
Why Charlotte says her ‘otherness’ is a cause for celebration
Charlotte Young, who is studying at ANU, has been named the overall winner and rising star (under 25) of the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards.
- Julie Hare
Hanson racially vilified senator in ‘angry personal attack’: judge
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially vilified Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in a tweet telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan”, the Federal Court has ruled.
- Gus McCubbing
October
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
White demographics did not drive the Voice vote
It wasn’t old, white voters who made the Voice referendum fail. The Yes campaign aimed at elites, and took the rest of Australia for granted.
- Nyunggai Warren Mundine
September
Jewish group rejects calls for Sydney Uni’s Scott to resign
Sydney University boss Mark Scott has been under intense pressure to resign over his mishandling of antisemitism on campus. But not everyone agrees.
- Julie Hare
August
Chicago’s black voters have a surprising message for Harris
In Barack Obama’s home suburb in southern Chicago, black voters are mulling turning their backs on Kamala Harris, angry over high levels of illegal immigration.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- The AFR View
All should stand with Jewish Australians against antisemitism
It is deeply concerning that antisemitism is emerging as an unthinking form of prejudice in parts of Australian society.
- The AFR View
Frustration, confusion and Andrew Tate driving extremism in the young
Extremism experts warn that young men are becoming radicalised after looking to social media for simple answers to complicated economic and social questions.
- Gus McCubbing
Extremism rising across the board makes terror attack ‘probable’
Security officials are alarmed by Australians embracing more extreme ideologies over issues such as pandemic lockdowns, the war in Gaza and economic hardship.
- Andrew Tillett
July
UK police clash with far-right protesters after fatal stabbing
The crowd was believed to consist of English Defence League supporters, with the unrest inspired by speculation about the arrested teenage boy.
- Jill Lawless and Brian Melley
June
- Opinion
- Opinion
Zionism is about Jewishness. So anti-Zionism is antisemitism
Exploring the issue from a legal perspective allows us to better understand what constitutes unlawful discrimination under various state and federal laws in Australia.
- Amie Frydenberg
- Exclusive
- Governance
ASX warned its race, sexuality push on boards is misguided
Company directors would be asked to disclose their sexuality, any Indigenous heritage and disabilities under controversial updates to diversity reporting rules.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
April
A judge may decide if Pauline Hanson is a white supremacist
The far-right senator’s career of racial commentary is on trial in the Federal Court.
- Aaron Patrick
March
- Opinion
- World politics
Sectarianism returns to the UK
The country’s silent majority is being outflanked by religious and political extremists.
- Jonathan Rutherford
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Black George Washington? Google shows pitfalls of ‘woke’ AI
Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, apologised after his company’s AI tool inserted people of diverse backgrounds into requests for historical images.
- Nick Bonyhady