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Melbourne synagogue attack to be investigated

Australia synagogue fire "likely a terrorist incident," police say as they seek suspects in Melbourne arson

Police say a fire that seriously damaged a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia, was very likely caused by arsonists in "a terrorist attack."

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Melbourne synagogue attack to be investigated as a terrorist incident

An arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne last week is being investigated as terrorist incident, Australian officials said Monday, as the government announced it was establishing a new taskforce to combat antisemitism.

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The Melbourne synagogue fire is being treated as a terror attack. Here’s why that matters

Police have upgraded the investigation of the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue to a counterterrorism operation. Here’s how decisions like these are made and why they can take days.

Sydney, Australia and Anti-Israel

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Vandals burn a car and spray graffiti in latest antisemitic attack in Australia

Vandals torched a car and sprayed graffiti with anti-Israel slogans on Wednesday in a Sydney suburb that is home to Australia's largest Jewish community. Officials condemned the attack as antisemitic.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Car Torched, Buildings Painted With Anti-Israel Graffiti in Australia

A car was set alight and two properties spray painted with anti-Israel messages in Sydney just days after an arson attack at a synagogue in Melbourne which is being investigated as terrorism, Australian authorities said on Wednesday.

UPI News on MSN · 1d

Australian PM Anthony Albanese condemns anti-Israel graffiti in Jewish neighborhood of Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned as an "anti-Semitic outrage" an attack early Wednesday on a Jewish suburb of Sydney in which buildings were daubed with anti-Israel slogans.

New taxes to force tech giants to pay for news

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Australia to slap tech giants like Google, Meta with fees if they don’t pay news companies for content

Australia is planning to pass a new rule forcing major tech conglomerates to continue paying media companies to use their content on their social media platforms, government officials said Thursday. The News Bargaining Incentive pressures major tech giants like Meta and Google to renew paid partnerships with Australian media companies or face a fine.

BBC · 11h

Australia to force tech giants to keep paying for news

Australia's government says it will create new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news. The long-awaited decision sets out a successor to a world-first law that Australia passed in 2021,

CNN · 12h

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday.

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I spent 8 years in Melbourne, one of the best cities to live in. Here's what I loved about it and didn't like.

My family lived in Melbourne for years. The Australian city was great for shopping and dining, but cons like expensive ...

Elliot Perlman was born in Melbourne in 1964, the son of second generation Jewish Australians of East European descent

His first novel, Three Dollars (published by Faber in the UK), won the 1998 Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award and the Betty Trask Prize. His latest book is a collection of short stories, The ...

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Josh Wolf Brings HIGH ON LIFE to Australia

Comedian, actor, and writer Josh Wolf will bring his new show HIGH ON LIFE to Australia, starting in Perth on January 29 ...

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Rupert Murdoch visits firebombed Melbourne synagogue

Rupert Murdoch has visited the Adass Israel synagogue in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea, six days after it was firebombed in what is being investigated as a terrorist attack.He visited alongside ...