Australia

When fact becomes fiction: How Israeli victims became aggressors as antisemitism rises - opinion

Australia report reveals antisemitism has reached an unacceptable level throughout the world.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN banner hangs in the forecourt of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, July 2024.
 Prosecutors allege Ms Patterson murdered her relatives using a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms.

Australian mushroom murders accused gives her account of fatal lunch

 Press briefing by Francesca Albanese, Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories at UN Headquarters on October 27, 2022.

Watchdog probe finds Albanese lied about funding sources for Australia, NZ visits

 Archaeologists discover wreck of Dutch ship lost for 168 years off Australian coast.

Archaeologists discover wreck of Dutch ship lost for 168 years off Australian coast


Australia's Labor Party must fix Israel ties, fight antisemitism - opinion

Perhaps the most damaging of ALP’s policies is support, in principle, for a Palestinian state before a peace agreement is negotiated

 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia November 29, 2024.

Grapevine, May 7, 2025: No rest for the righteous

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 US AMBASSADOR Mike Huckabee.

Australian Jewish groups express concern, disappointment as Albanese secures second term

"For the first time in history, many Jews in this country felt they had to justify their place in Australian society," ZFA president Jeremy Leibler said.

 Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, center, with his partner Jodie Haydon, right, and his son Nathan Albanese at the Labor Party election night event in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025.

Australian elections will not determine Israel's fate, but could divide Jewish community - opinion

With looming elections and the lingering trauma of October 7 — along with a disturbing surge in antisemitism in Australia— it’s becoming harder to find common ground among Jewish voters.

 People queue to vote outside a pre-polling centre in Sydney, Australia, April 29, 2025.

What is an incel? Inside the ideology likely behind Leed's 'Otley Run massacre' - explainer

Police reportedly believe the Leeds attack suspect may have been motivated partly by incel ideology.

Memorial flowers are placed in a bullet hole in the window of a deli that was one of nine crime scenes after a series of drive-by shootings that left seven people dead in the Isla Vista neighborhood of Santa Barbara, California May 25, 2014. Twenty-two year old Elliot Rodger killed six people before

Mushroom murder trial of 2023 case begins in rural Australia

Elin Patterson is charged with the murders of her parents-in-law and a third family member, who died after she served them a lunch of poisonous mushrooms.

 Prosecutors allege Ms Patterson murdered her relatives using a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms.

Miniature dachshund survives alone for over 500 days in Australian wilderness

Georgia Gardner and Joshua Fishlock momentarily left the young pup in a playpen while camping off Australia’s coast, but returned to find her missing.

Valerie, a beloved miniature dachshund lost during a camping trip in November 2023, has been recovered alive and well after spending 529 days in the Australian wilderness.

Man arrested for smuggling Sydney caravan terror suspect out of Australia

Sayet Erhan Akca, who fled Australia in 2023 after a warrant for his arrest was issued, is wanted as a high-level suspect.

Australian Federal Police

Will Australia succumb to anti-Israel populism as elections near? - opinion

Australia’s May 3 election significantly affects its Jewish community: Labor’s pro-Palestinian stance and weak response to antisemitism contrast with the Liberals’ commitment to Israel.

 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia November 29, 2024.

Victoria, Australia culls hundreds of koalas after wildfire, activists denounce policy

Allan defended her policy by saying that the koalas being shot were "in a lot of distress," Sky News Australia reported, adding that the decision was made after "extensive assessments."

 A koala climbing a tree in Ouwehands Zoo, Rhenen, Netherlands, illustrative; April 25, 2024.

Australian man lives over 100 days with fully artificial titanium heart

The titanium heart, invented by Daniel Timms, uses magnetic levitation technology with a single rotating disc to pump blood.

 Australian man lives over 100 days with fully artificial titanium heart.