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Marshall is now being held in solitary confinement, his brother says.

Prison details of alleged caravan plotter revealed

Scott Marshall was named on a counter-terror warrant after the caravan full of explosives was discovered in Dural.

  • Kayla Olaya and Sally Rawsthorne

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Governments can’t control people’s thoughts, but they must try to stamp out hate speech

Recent proposals are the latest in a string of moves over the years to tackle the issue of free speech and hate speech. Condemnation is easy. Getting laws right is another matter.

  • The Age's View
A man has been charged over criminal damage, unlawful assault and offensive graffiti.

‘Prejudice motivated’: Man charged over antisemitic graffiti, bacon attack

The 68-year-old Macedon man allegedly daubed antisemitic graffiti on a fence in Melbourne’s inner south and then spat on and threw bacon at a passerby who tried to stop him.

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

‘Stop it at its source’: Hate-speech laws back on table after unanimous vote

Parliament will be asked to toughen laws against hate speech this week after a unanimous vote to condemn antisemitism.

  • David Crowe
Antisemitic graffiti has appeared on houses and cars in Sydney and Melbourne.

Labor has failed the Jewish community when leadership was needed most

There is clearly a connection between today’s antisemitism and the war in Gaza because it is a hatred and demonisation of Israel that glues together today’s antisemites.

  • Jeremy Leibler
Premier Jacinta Allan.

Opposition mounts over Allan’s new hate laws

The premier faces a Jewish backlash over plans to insert a “genuine political purpose” defence into the government’s proposed expansion of anti-vilification laws.

  • Chip Le Grand
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Forensics inspect antisemitic graffiti from multiphy cars and houses at See Lane, Kingsford.

Man fronts court after alleged antisemitic abuse of woman in Bondi

The incident was one of a number of antisemitic attacks in Sydney’s east over the weekend, including a group of women being egged while walking near Bondi Beach.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Perry Duffin
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
Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from a car on Sunday after a spate of attacks on houses and vehicles in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Antisemitism stoush to dominate parliament as government blacklists white supremacist channel

The government has slapped first-of-their-kind counter-terrorism sanctions on the Terrorgram online network as part of a crackdown on antisemitism.

  • Matthew Knott and Sally Rawsthorne
Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from houses in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

What if the antisemitic tide has a bigger target: Australia’s stability?

If foreign malign forces masterminded some of this wave of attacks, as authorities suspect, Australia will not be alone.

  • Lydia Khalil

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