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Masked Man Claims Responsibility for Anti-Semitic Vandalism Spree, Issues New ‘Warning’
An anonymous man has appeared in a video claiming more attacks could be imminent as police urge anyone with details to come forward.
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NZ Jewish Leaders Want Hate Speech Laws Mirroring Australia’s Proposed Reforms
Australia’s plan, devised by anti-Semitism envoy Jillian Segal, proposes her office ’monitor' media coverage.
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NSW Blocks Transfer Application for Transgender Killer, Reaffirms Biological Sex Policy
A bid for a double murderer inmate identifying as a female to transfer to a women’s prison has been rejected.
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Queensland Cuts Cord on Languishing $300 Million Plan for Indigenous Arts Centres
Concepts for the centres had been suggested by Labor as early as the 1990s, but they never came to fruition.
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PM Confirms Visa Applicants Already Screened for Anti-Semitic Views
A new plan to combat anti-Semitism has also received criticism for potentially impacting personal freedoms.
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Taxpayer-Supported Charity Offers $100,000 Role to Support Palestinian Refugees in Sydney
‘The role further focused on supporting refugees, migrants and humanitarian entrants from Palestine,’ the position requires.
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Analyst: ‘Racism’ Claims Are Muzzling CCP Interference Warnings, And It’s Exactly What Beijing Wants
‘It’s critical to be able to talk about Beijing ... in a way that doesn’t allow the issue to be turned back on those who raise it,’ says one defence expert.
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What’s in Victoria’s Plan to Embed an ‘Indigenous Assembly’ in Parliament?
Details are scarce but the new Voice will resemble the federal version rejected in 2023.
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Albanese Rejects Call for National Cabinet After Latest Synagogue Arson
The prime minister calls for decisive action, not meetings.
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WA Ambulance Ramping Tops 5,100 Hours a Month, AMA Urges National Fix
Ramping is said to occur anytime an ambulance spends more than 30 minutes waiting outside a hospital for its patient to be admitted.
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Backflip: Creative Australia Reinstates Artists Behind Hezbollah, Bin Laden Imagery
An Australian arts body said it made a mistake in initially banning an artistic duo from attending a global art exhibition.
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Kanye West’s Australian Visa Cancelled Over Antisemitic Song
The rapper drew the attention of the minister’s office after the release of a song titled ‘Heil Hitler.’
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Tribunal Overturns Ban on Post Criticising Transgender WHO Appointee
Australia’s Administrative Review tribunal found no intent to cause serious harm to the trans individual.
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Aboriginal Victorians Were Victims of Genocide, Commission Finds
The Yoorrook Justice Commission heard from more than 200 witnesses over the past 4 years and has made 100 recommendations for urgent change.
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Hundreds Push Back Against Aboriginal-Only Group Home in Quiet Suburb
More than 900 people in a coastal town of less than 6,000 have written to the local council objecting to the planned project.
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Australia’s $42 Billion NDIS Has Grown ‘Too Big, Too Fast’: Grattan Institute
A report into the NDIS has found costs are blowing out, despite only a small percentage of disabled people receiving support.
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Worker Wins Unfair Dismissal Case After He Criticised ‘Acknowledgement of Country’
‘I believe that I’m being made out to be a racist,’ the dismissed worker said.
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NSW to Soon Allow Gender Change on Birth Certificates Without Surgery
New South Welshmen will be given the choice of four ‘genders’ once the new laws roll through.
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Queensland LNP Restricts Use of Indigenous Acknowledgements in Staff Emails, Future Ban Unclear
Queensland has issued new directives limiting—and potentially axing—the use of Indigenous ‘Acknowledgement to Country’ in official e-mails.
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Masked Man Claims Responsibility for Anti-Semitic Vandalism Spree, Issues New ‘Warning’
An anonymous man has appeared in a video claiming more attacks could be imminent as police urge anyone with details to come forward.
|
NZ Jewish Leaders Want Hate Speech Laws Mirroring Australia’s Proposed Reforms
Australia’s plan, devised by anti-Semitism envoy Jillian Segal, proposes her office ’monitor' media coverage.
|
NSW Blocks Transfer Application for Transgender Killer, Reaffirms Biological Sex Policy
A bid for a double murderer inmate identifying as a female to transfer to a women’s prison has been rejected.
|
Queensland Cuts Cord on Languishing $300 Million Plan for Indigenous Arts Centres
Concepts for the centres had been suggested by Labor as early as the 1990s, but they never came to fruition.
|
PM Confirms Visa Applicants Already Screened for Anti-Semitic Views
A new plan to combat anti-Semitism has also received criticism for potentially impacting personal freedoms.
|
Taxpayer-Supported Charity Offers $100,000 Role to Support Palestinian Refugees in Sydney
‘The role further focused on supporting refugees, migrants and humanitarian entrants from Palestine,’ the position requires.
|
Analyst: ‘Racism’ Claims Are Muzzling CCP Interference Warnings, And It’s Exactly What Beijing Wants
‘It’s critical to be able to talk about Beijing ... in a way that doesn’t allow the issue to be turned back on those who raise it,’ says one defence expert.
|
What’s in Victoria’s Plan to Embed an ‘Indigenous Assembly’ in Parliament?
Details are scarce but the new Voice will resemble the federal version rejected in 2023.
|
Albanese Rejects Call for National Cabinet After Latest Synagogue Arson
The prime minister calls for decisive action, not meetings.
|
WA Ambulance Ramping Tops 5,100 Hours a Month, AMA Urges National Fix
Ramping is said to occur anytime an ambulance spends more than 30 minutes waiting outside a hospital for its patient to be admitted.
|
Backflip: Creative Australia Reinstates Artists Behind Hezbollah, Bin Laden Imagery
An Australian arts body said it made a mistake in initially banning an artistic duo from attending a global art exhibition.
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Kanye West’s Australian Visa Cancelled Over Antisemitic Song
The rapper drew the attention of the minister’s office after the release of a song titled ‘Heil Hitler.’
|
Tribunal Overturns Ban on Post Criticising Transgender WHO Appointee
Australia’s Administrative Review tribunal found no intent to cause serious harm to the trans individual.
|
Aboriginal Victorians Were Victims of Genocide, Commission Finds
The Yoorrook Justice Commission heard from more than 200 witnesses over the past 4 years and has made 100 recommendations for urgent change.
|
Hundreds Push Back Against Aboriginal-Only Group Home in Quiet Suburb
More than 900 people in a coastal town of less than 6,000 have written to the local council objecting to the planned project.
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Australia’s $42 Billion NDIS Has Grown ‘Too Big, Too Fast’: Grattan Institute
A report into the NDIS has found costs are blowing out, despite only a small percentage of disabled people receiving support.
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Worker Wins Unfair Dismissal Case After He Criticised ‘Acknowledgement of Country’
‘I believe that I’m being made out to be a racist,’ the dismissed worker said.
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NSW to Soon Allow Gender Change on Birth Certificates Without Surgery
New South Welshmen will be given the choice of four ‘genders’ once the new laws roll through.
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Queensland LNP Restricts Use of Indigenous Acknowledgements in Staff Emails, Future Ban Unclear
Queensland has issued new directives limiting—and potentially axing—the use of Indigenous ‘Acknowledgement to Country’ in official e-mails.
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