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Incidents of antisemitism are on the rise in Victorian schools.

Extent of antisemitism in Victorian schools revealed

More than 30 antisemitic incidents were recorded in 2024, including students performing Nazi salutes, drawing hate symbols and verbally harassing peers.

  • Caroline Schelle

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People travelled from around the world to commemorate the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue.

Almost a year after synagogue firebombing, Jews gather in sorrow – and fear

International Jewish leaders have been told Australia has suffered the world’s most dramatic rise in the percentage of hate incidents against Jews during the past two years.

  • Tony Wright
Damien Richardson has been ordered to reach out to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.

Ex-Neighbours star ordered to write apology letter for Nazi salute

“There needs to be a bit of restorative justice in this case towards the Jewish community,” the magistrate said at a pre-sentence hearing for Damien Richardson.

  • Emily Woods
Stirling Cooper and Andrew Tate.

Violence, racism and antisemitism – it all starts with women

How misogyny acts as a Trojan horse for the extreme right.

  • Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Documents reveal the lead up to the November 8 rally and its fallout.

‘Mal not happy’: Police text messages reveal neo-Nazi rally fallout

A tranche of documents tabled in parliament includes text messages from a deputy police commissioner, who failed to tell his boss about the rally plans.

  • Patrick Begley, Michael McGowan and Jack Gramenz
Matthew Gruter (third from left) with other members of the NSN outside NSW Parliament on November 8.

Prison time, $22,000 fines for Nazi chants in new laws

Those who make public displays supporting Nazi ideology will face jail time under new laws proposed by the NSW government.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Patrick Begley
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Security cameras captured two men carrying out an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence.

Saboteurs for hire: Europe’s ‘local idiot’ criminals doing Moscow’s dirty work

Petty criminals across Europe are being jailed for helping Russian spy agencies and their ultimate controller - Vladimir Putin.

  • David Crowe
Matthew Gruter, who attended Saturday’s neo-Nazi rally, works for a major engineering firm that has held contracts with the Australian Defence Department and NSW government.

Senior neo-Nazi may face deportation to South Africa after parliament rally

The Albanese government will consider the visa of Matthew Gruter, a senior member of the group that rallied outside NSW parliament. He may also face the sack.

  • Michael McGowan
Saturday’s neo-Nazis rally has raised questions about the limit of powers to police such groups.

The steps Labor is taking to push through anti-Nazi laws

MPs are likely to be made to sit an extra week to deal with the proposed laws, but Jewish groups say police already have the power to arrest neo-Nazis who incite racist hatred.

  • Max Maddison, Jessica McSweeney and Alexandra Smith
Mark Latham and his lawyer Zali Burrows leave court on Wednesday.

Latham condemned after comparing premier to Hitler in ‘grossly offensive’ rant

The rogue MP used a speech in parliament to call the premier “the Fuehrer” and took a swipe at a Jewish MP, days after an antisemitic rally.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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