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This handout photo taken and released by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on December 10, 2024, shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd R) and Rabbi Shlomo Kohn (R) visiting the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 10, 2024, after it was set ablaze on December 6 (Handout / DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET / AFP)
January 14, 2026, 9:40 am
Man wanted for Melbourne synagogue firebombing arrested in Iraq — Australian police
Commissioner says arrested man was national security threat and ‘number one priority’; Australian authorities previously traced attack’s funding to Iran’s IRGC
By Reuters and ToI Staff
FILE: Victoria's Premier Jacinta Allan (R) listens to a speech during a Remembrance Day service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on November 11, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)
December 16, 2025, 12:27 am
Victoria premier booed at Melbourne vigil amid ire at Labor party over Bondi attack
Jacinta Allan heckled while attending Hanukkah candle lighting and memorial at local synagogue, day after deadly antisemitic terror shooting at Jewish event in Syndey
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)
November 24, 2025, 4:48 pm
Judge rules mental illness, not antisemitism, drove Melbourne synagogue arsonist
Australian magistrate sentences Angelo Loras to 4 months in jail, less than time he’s already served, for setting fire to East Melbourne Synagogue with congregants inside in July
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An injured protester reacts during a "March for Australia" anti-immigration rally in Melbourne on August 31, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)
August 31, 2025, 2:54 pm
Australia condemns neo-Nazi-linked rally of ‘hate’ as thousands march against immigration
March for Australia says immigration tearing apart social fabric, causing economic distress; protesters seen clashing with police, who reportedly use pepper spray
By Samuel McKeith and Hollie Adams
The Juniper Salon in Melbourne in an undated video on social media, captured on Ausgust 19, 2025 (Screenshot/X)
August 19, 2025, 8:41 am
Israeli man says Melbourne salon owner called him ‘baby killer’ and kicked him out
Man says he intends to take legal action after woman queried his accent, asked if he served in the IDF, then told him to leave; pro-Israel group holds protest outside
By ToI Staff
Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
August 11, 2025, 12:48 pm
Malka Leifer said moved to solitary after alleged sexual assault on fellow inmate
Leifer, former Jewish school principal convicted of rape, reportedly caught on camera sexually assaulting a younger prisoner in Australian jail
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Screen capture from video of an anonymous figure claiming responsibility for setting fire to cars in an antisemitic attack in Melbourne, July 5, 2023. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 14, 2025, 1:50 pm
Anonymous video claims Melbourne arson attack on Israel-linked company, threatens workers
In tirade against Israel, Australia and US, masked figure says cell set fire to cars at Lovitt Technologies 10 days ago over supply of parts for planes, warns of further action
By ToI Staff
Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal (left) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speak to media during a press conference at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, July 10, 2025. (AAP Image / Dan Himbrechts / Reuters)
July 10, 2025, 10:18 am
Australian Jews feel ‘very unsafe’ amid surging attacks, warns antisemitism envoy
Jillian Segal says antisemitism at ‘tipping point,’ urges cutting funding for universities that fail to protect Jewish students, screening non-citizens for extremism, monitoring media for fairness
By AFP
A man walks past the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)
July 6, 2025, 4:46 pm
After brief hiatus, antisemitism in Australia rears head with Melbourne attacks
While government seems to be taking anti-Jewish threats more seriously, hate speech is becoming more normalized, community leaders say
By Zev Stub
Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)
July 6, 2025, 8:50 am
Man charged with setting fire to Melbourne synagogue as police probe terror motive
Angelo Loras, 34, of Sydney, who describes himself as Iranian, suspected of starting blaze at entrance to East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation building while 20 people were inside
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Top left to right: Rabbi Dovid Gutnick walks past damage to the exterior of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne, July 5, 2025, after an arsonist set fire to the door the previous day. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP); the aftermath seen on an Australian Broadcasting Corporation news report. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Bottom left to right: Destruction is seen at the scene following a pro-Palestinian protesters' attack on the Israeli-owned Miznon restaurant in Melbourne on July 4, 2025. (SOPA Images via Reuters); Police escort anti-Israel protesters allegedly involved in the attack out of the establishment (AAP via Reuters)
July 5, 2025, 6:13 am
Israeli restaurant attacked, synagogue torched within minutes of each other in Melbourne
Anti-Israel mob chants ‘Death to the IDF’ while hurling furniture through ‘Miznon’ window; suspect sets entrance of historic synagogue on fire; 20 people inside evacuate unscathed
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Footage posted to social media shows a fire blazing in the Adass Israel Synagogue in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea, Australia, December 6, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 18, 2025, 5:53 pm
Australian political rivals pledge to rebuild Melbourne’s firebombed synagogue
Both the ruling Labour Party and the opposition Liberals say they’ll spend more than $20 million, with combating antisemitism a hot-button issue in May elections
By Zev Stub
Antisemitic graffiti daubed on a Sydney synagogue, January 10, 2025 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2025, 9:40 am
Australian synagogue graffitied with swastikas in latest antisemitic attack
‘Hitler on top’ scrawled on wall of building; authorities denounce ‘appalling, hate-filled vandalism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A group of neo-Nazis protest against a proposed law clamping down on demonstrations outside houses of worship, on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia, on December 20, 2024. (X, Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 22, 2024, 10:00 pm
‘Jews hate freedom’: One suspect named after neo-Nazis rally at Melbourne parliament
Police working to ID and arrest additional suspects who chanted Nazi-era slogans outside Victoria’s Parliament House, in protest of proposed laws clamping down on antisemitism
By ToI Staff
Fire crew members and police officers work the scene of an arson attack at Adass Israel Synagogue in the suburb of Ripponlea, Melbourne, Australia, December 6, 2024. (Con Chronis/AAP Image via AP)
December 11, 2024, 12:50 pm
Australian police special operation probes increased antisemitic attacks
String of incidents, including the torching of a synagogue in Melbourne, prompt authorities to launch dedicated investigation into assaults on Jews
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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