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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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Nova Peris has become a prominent advocate for Israel and voice against antisemitism.

‘Does not belong in this country’: Hockey Australia stands by Peris as more anti-Islam re-posts emerge

The Olympic champion shared a series of social media posts scathing of the religion in the lead-up to her election as a director of the government-funded sport.

  • Chris Barrett
Nova Peris, pictured celebrating winning a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games (left) and taking cover in a bomb shelter in Israel last month.

Anti-Muslim post shadows Nova Peris’ election to Olympic sport board

The gold medallist became a Hockey Australia director weeks after sharing a comment that called Muslims “Satan worshipping cockroaches that need to be eradicated”.

  • Chris Barrett
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

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
The graffiti on Kingsland’s Boronia premises.

Racist graffiti daubed on Hindu temple, Asian restaurants in Melbourne’s east

Chinese restaurant Kingsland was defaced with hateful graffiti on one of its distinctive octagonal windows.

  • Alexander Darling
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Rabbi Dovid Gutnick outside the charred entrance to the East Melbourne Synagogue.

Online hate report exposes ‘overt effort to normalise antisemitism’

Centuries-old tropes and conspiracy theories are becoming the norm in Australia after arson attacks and an antisemitism report triggered a torrent of hate, a study says.

  • Chip Le Grand

‘We need to find common ground’: Hugh de Kretser’s human rights challenge

As president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Hugh de Kretser walks a fine line. How can the organisation speak to all Australians?

  • James Button

To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report

Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.

  • Richard Flanagan
Former minister Ed Husic has criticised the envoy’s report, becoming the first Labor MP to break ranks on the issue.

‘Heavy-handed’: Former minister breaks ranks on antisemitism report

Labor MP Ed Husic said he was uncomfortable with Jillian Segal’s criticism of public broadcasters and her call to strip funding from institutions that fail to combat antisemitism.

  • Nick Newling and Matthew Knott

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