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Independent Allegra Spender is seeking support for her amendment from both the government and opposition.

Last-ditch push to beef up hate speech laws in wake of antisemitic attacks

Independent MP Allegra Spender is pushing to restore bans on vilification to hate speech legislation to be discussed in parliament this week.

  • David Crowe

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“That is an absurd question”: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus during the press conference.

‘Get politics out of this’: At Auschwitz, Dreyfus tries to put focus back on Holocaust

The attorney-general says attempts to politicise antisemitism are grotesque; opposition frontbencher Jane Hume says if the left had cracked down sooner, it would not be such an issue.

  • Rob Harris
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the government had pulled “all the levers” it could to combat antisemitism.

‘We need to lower the temperature’: Hate speech laws could pass in February

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus confirmed the AFP was investigating whether overseas criminal groups had paid Australians to commit antisemitic attacks.

  • Matthew Knott, David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Muslim, Jewish leaders call for peace as Dutton writes to PM on anti-Jewish hate

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said fringe elements, whether in the Muslim community or white supremacists, would face the full force of the law.

  • Paul Sakkal and David Crowe
Izzat Abdulhadi, head of the general delegation of Palestine to Australia.

‘Very thankful’: Top Palestinian envoy praises Australia for breaking with Israel

Izzat Abdulhadi has praised Labor for daring to repeatedly anger Israel and break with the United States in its stance on the Middle East.

  • Matthew Knott
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wrote to the Remuneration Tribunal about Director of Public Prosecutions Raelene Sharp’s pay.

Albanese minister to fly to Israel to mend fractured relationship

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’ mission to resuscitate the Australian government’s relationship with Israel follows months of deterioration.

  • Matthew Knott
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Opposition home affairs spokesperson James Paterson.

Albanese government ‘failed to act’ on reforming foreign influence laws: Coalition

Coalition spokesman for home affairs and cybersecurity James Paterson said the government has taken too long to introduce reforms for foreign influence laws.

  • Olivia Ireland
Daniel Duggan was arrested in Australia at the request of the US.

Wife claims government buried decision on extradition of ex-fighter pilot to US

Seven months after Daniel Duggan lost his two-year legal battle to stay, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has approved the request to send him to the US.

  • James Massola and William Davis
Former intelligence operative Neil Fergus and ASIO chief Mike Burgess.

A secret agent, the KGB and a ‘witch-hunt’: The ASIO raid that infuriated Australia’s ex-spies

The decision by ASIO to raid a high-profile former officer is unprecedented in the agency’s recent history and has divided Australia’s intelligence community.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick McKenzie
MPs claiming flights.

See the free flights our most senior MPs take

Who flew where, how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.

  • Millie Muroi

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