Overview
- In a letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the Rabbinical Association of Australasia called for outlawing marches they describe as hate‑driven and for criminalising chants including “from the river to the sea,” “globalise the intifada,” and “death to the IDF.”
- Victoria Police identified a 47-year-old person of interest in the firebombing of a Melbourne rabbi’s Hanukkah‑decorated car, though no charges have been laid as investigators assess motive.
- Albanese condemned the Melbourne attack as suspected antisemitism and said federal authorities are ready to assist the investigation.
- Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry reported a 600 percent rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia following the Bondi Beach massacre.
- New South Wales passed laws tightening firearm ownership, expanding police powers to restrict protests after a declared terrorist act, and banning public display of designated terrorist symbols, as the federal government advances the Richardson review and contributes to an NSW royal commission.