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Australia’s spy chief highlights rising extremism and foreign influence at anti-immigration protests

Australia’s spy chief warns that neo-Nazi groups and Russian operatives are exploiting anti-immigration rallies to fuel division and extremism.

ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organization) logo and Australian flag are seen in this illustration taken May 6, 2025.
This aerial view shows destroyed Shiite Muslim Sayyida Sakina shrine in Darayya on the outkirts of Damascus on October 30, 2025.

Men jailed in UK, Australia for attempts to join Syrian extremist groups

 Australian flag in Victoria

Woman denied Melbourne job for being Israeli, owner accuses her of supporting genocide

Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Messages in bottles from WWI Aussie soldiers wash up on Western Australia beach after 107 years

"The bottle is in excellent condition, there is no fading or attachment of sea organisms.".

Bottle on a beach. Illustration.

Australia sues Microsoft over AI-linked subscription price hikes

Australia accuses Microsoft of misleading 2.7 million users into pricier 365 plans with its Copilot AI, while concealing cheaper options.

Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella speaks at the company's annual developer conference in Seattle, Washington, US, May 21, 2024.

Mossad names ‘Sardar Ammar’ as architect of Iranian plots in Australia, Greece, and Germany

Israel’s Mossad named a senior IRGC officer behind thwarted attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets abroad, triggering diplomatic fallout in Australia and Germany.

The Mossad logo is seen with the Iranian flag (illustrative)

The disturbing truth behind the UK’s ban on Israeli football fans - opinion

The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters, the arrest over a Magen David, the calls to criminalize Jewish soldiers – these are not isolated incidents. They are warnings.

UK GREEN PARTY leader Zack Polanski – a Jew – has called for anyone who has served in Gaza to be arrested on charges of war crimes when they enter Britain, the writer notes.

Grapevine, October 24, 2025: Solidarity with Down Under Jewish communities

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MIRIAM ADELSON with President Isaac Herzog and the Medal of Honor.

New scans challenge the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted giant animals to extinction

A study in Royal Society Open Science by Professor Mike Archer shows no evidence that humans hunted or butchered megafauna in the fossil record.

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Stolen Nazi painting returned to Jewish descendants of rightful owner

Lady with a Fan by Gerard ter Borch, a 17th-century painting, has been returned to the descendants of Dr. Henry Bromberg

Lady with a Fan by Gerard ter Borch.

Mystery space debris discovered near Western Australia mine sparks multi-agency probe

"Mine workers on a remote road near Newman stopped around 2 p.m. Saturday after spotting flames coming from a strange cylindrical object lying in the red sand about 30 kilometers from town.

Mystery space debris discovered near Western Australia mine sparks multi-agency probe.

‘Parasites:’ University of Sydney staffer suspended after harassing attendees at Sukkot event

A Uni of Sydney staffer was suspended after calling Jewish students “parasites” during a Sukkot event. A formal investigation is underway.

A University of Sydney staff member was suspended after allegedly harassing Jewish students and staff holding a Sukkot holiday event on campus last Thursday, calling students "parasites."

The new Diaspora divide: Oct. 7 and its impact on Australian Jews

Part II, The Australian Jewish experience: How national context shapes the post-Oct. 7 Jewish response.

‘GLORY TO HAMAS’ graffiti is seen on a billboard above a shop in Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 7, 2025.

Australia defends plan to send deportees to tiny Pacific nation of Nauru

Australia defended its $2.5b deal to deport non-citizens to Nauru, despite rights groups warning of poor healthcare and past neglect on the island.

Chinese migrants protest against Australia's policy shift on the investment visa scheme, as they march outside the Australian Broadcasting Corporation office in Sydney, Australia June 16, 2023.