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Gladstone Park Secondary College.

High school principal condemns ‘deplorable’ antisemitic slurs by her students

Gladstone Park Secondary’s school leadership has launched a review, apologised and branded abuse hurled at 10-year-olds “deeply traumatic and unacceptable.”

  • Noel Towell

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Police arrest a 21-year-old Werribee man on Wednesday over his alleged role in the Adass Israel synagogue fire.

Overseas criminal suspects linked to synagogue firebombing probe

Police also said authorities were investigating links to exiled tobacco kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad.

  • Angus Delaney
Premier Jacinta Allan on Tuesday.

Premier calls pro-Palestine protesters who rallied outside NGV ‘extremists’ and ‘antisemitic’

The activists are believed to have targeted the National Gallery of Victoria because of donations the gallery has received from Jewish philanthropists John and Pauline Gandel, who have ties to Israel.

  • Daniella White
The students were taking part in a shared activity at Melbourne Museum when the alleged incident occurred.

High schoolers allegedly hurl antisemitic abuse at Jewish children at Melbourne Museum

Grade 5 students from a Jewish school were allegedly called “dirty Jews” by a group of high schoolers.

  • Noel Towell and Bridie Smith
Palestinian children are starving in Gaza amid an ongoing Israeli blockade on aid.

Segal’s antisemitism plan takes us down a path we should fear to tread

What if the proposals made by Australia’s antisemitism envoy were made in the name of a range of other prejudices: transphobia, homophobia, anti-Indigenous racism, sexism?

  • Waleed Aly
QUT has accepted six recommendations from an independent review into an anti-racism symposium in January.

QUT race debate not antisemitic, despite damaging fallout: review

A review into a satirical race debate at QUT has made six recommendations after the university said coverage of the event had damaged its reputation.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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When I visited Sydney, I was shocked by the antisemitism I encountered

Growing up Jewish in Australia, I had no personal family narrative of antisemitism. A weekend in Sydney changed that.

  • Marcus Solomon
Special envoy to combat antisemitism Jillian Segal.

Call to strip arts institutions of funding over antisemitism raises alarm bells

Concerns have been raised over the definition of antisemitism, while others say legislation covering hate speech already provides adequate protection.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal.

Defining antisemitism is no threat to free speech. Without a definition, we are adrift

The IHRA working definition of antisemitism is a lighthouse, not a bludgeon. Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal has called for punitive action when patterned institutional antisemitism is not dealt with.

  • Adam Slonim
Angelo Loras, 34, is accused of the firebombing of the synagogue.

Police scour devices of man accused of East Melbourne Synagogue firebombing

Police are examining the accused’s electronic devices to ascertain a motive for the alleged attack, which occurred when 20 people, including children, were inside the synagogue.

  • Melissa Cunningham

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