MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state was committing more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes, officials said on Tuesday after a childcare center was torched near a Sydney synagogue.

Police across the country have launched Australia Day operations with double demerit points now enforced in some states and territories.

Victoria Police withdrew from participating in this year's Midsumma Pride March following organisers' "trauma-informed" trial ban on uniforms.

A man has died and another has been injured after a blaze at a home in Melbourne's west. The federal government continues to throw regional carrier Rex Airlines a lifeline after taking on its $50 million debt from its largest creditor PAGAC Regulus Holdings Limited.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country, police said on Wednesday.

Police announced their decision after organisers banned participants from wearing formal work uniforms following violence at last year’s event.

Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales, emphasized that the operation targeting these antisemitic crimes is “just getting started.”

A body has been located by police in a small New South Wales town on the Victorian border, with police making the grim discovery after responding to reports of a grass fire. Picture: Robert ...

Two cars were set ablaze and other vehicles were daubed with anti-Jewish slogans. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb on Sunday ... In December, a synagogue in Melbourne, Victoria was firebombed by assailants. Muslim groups also have recorded a surge in Islamophobic ...

One man has died and two more have been hospitalized after a knife fight at a park in Melbourne's southwest in Australia. Po

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