The police said they were investigating whether “overseas actors” were involved the vandalizing of synagogues and a day care center.

Australian authorities are investigating potential foreign involvement in recent antisemitic crimes across the nation, amid rising tensions since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on October 7, 2023. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw has suggested that "criminals-for-hire may be behind some incidents" and is exploring whether

An Australian state has committed more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes after a childcare center was torched near a Sydney synagogue.

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a snap cabinet meeting in response, where officials agreed to set up a national database to track antisemitic incidents. Thus far, the federal police taskforce,

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government convened a “national cabinet” with state leaders this week after a childcare centre near a synagogue in east Sydney was firebombed and defaced with an antisemitic slogan.

The crimes have included torching a child care center, burning cars in largely Jewish neighborhoods and smearing red paint and graffiti on synagogues in Sydney, while a synagogue in Melbourne was firebombed in December,