Overview

• Victoria Police have charged individuals over recent firebomb attacks on two Melbourne synagogues and an assault at an Israeli-owned restaurant
• The newly established state anti-hate taskforce will enforce coming anti-vilification laws that take effect in September
• Linda Dessau urged authorities to prosecute chants like “Death to the IDF” at weekly pro-Palestine rallies as criminal hate speech
• Victoria’s government is drafting regulations to prohibit protests outside places of worship and to restrict face coverings at demonstrations
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Jacinta Allan have condemned recent antisemitic attacks while special envoy Jillian Segal recommended defunding institutions that tolerate hate