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The Advertiser
17 hours ago
- Politics
- The Advertiser
New taskforce to tackle hate after anti-Semitic attacks
NEW ANTI-HATE TASKFORCE * Assigned with tackling hateful behaviour and looking at the bigger picture across Victoria * Members will include the premier, police minister, Victoria Police, the Melbourne lord mayor and Jewish community voices, with more stakeholders to be added * Initial meeting this week will be about getting advice from Victoria Police on how anti-vilification laws will be put into operation * Taskforce will update the premier on progress from local meetings with the Jewish community * It will also update on the progress of community consultations and legislation for increased police powers to stamp out extreme and violent protest * It will build on anti-vilification laws, greater police powers to come into effect and the work on legislation to ban masks at protests MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Synagogue * Firebombed on Friday night with 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * Angelo Loras, a 34-year-old from Sydney's west, was arrested in Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He was charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant * A group who splintered off from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the Melbourne CBD on Friday night * Protest organisers said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons * Police chief commissioner Mike Bush will examine the police response to the protest outside the restaurant Greensborough business * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in Melbourne's northeast in the early hours of Saturday * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said Elsternwick business * Offenders used stencils to allegedly spray paint offensive images on pillars at a busy intersection and on walls in Elsternwick on Sunday * Police have not established links between the incidents NEW ANTI-HATE TASKFORCE * Assigned with tackling hateful behaviour and looking at the bigger picture across Victoria * Members will include the premier, police minister, Victoria Police, the Melbourne lord mayor and Jewish community voices, with more stakeholders to be added * Initial meeting this week will be about getting advice from Victoria Police on how anti-vilification laws will be put into operation * Taskforce will update the premier on progress from local meetings with the Jewish community * It will also update on the progress of community consultations and legislation for increased police powers to stamp out extreme and violent protest * It will build on anti-vilification laws, greater police powers to come into effect and the work on legislation to ban masks at protests MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Synagogue * Firebombed on Friday night with 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * Angelo Loras, a 34-year-old from Sydney's west, was arrested in Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He was charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant * A group who splintered off from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the Melbourne CBD on Friday night * Protest organisers said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons * Police chief commissioner Mike Bush will examine the police response to the protest outside the restaurant Greensborough business * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in Melbourne's northeast in the early hours of Saturday * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said Elsternwick business * Offenders used stencils to allegedly spray paint offensive images on pillars at a busy intersection and on walls in Elsternwick on Sunday * Police have not established links between the incidents NEW ANTI-HATE TASKFORCE * Assigned with tackling hateful behaviour and looking at the bigger picture across Victoria * Members will include the premier, police minister, Victoria Police, the Melbourne lord mayor and Jewish community voices, with more stakeholders to be added * Initial meeting this week will be about getting advice from Victoria Police on how anti-vilification laws will be put into operation * Taskforce will update the premier on progress from local meetings with the Jewish community * It will also update on the progress of community consultations and legislation for increased police powers to stamp out extreme and violent protest * It will build on anti-vilification laws, greater police powers to come into effect and the work on legislation to ban masks at protests MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Synagogue * Firebombed on Friday night with 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * Angelo Loras, a 34-year-old from Sydney's west, was arrested in Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He was charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant * A group who splintered off from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the Melbourne CBD on Friday night * Protest organisers said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons * Police chief commissioner Mike Bush will examine the police response to the protest outside the restaurant Greensborough business * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in Melbourne's northeast in the early hours of Saturday * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said Elsternwick business * Offenders used stencils to allegedly spray paint offensive images on pillars at a busy intersection and on walls in Elsternwick on Sunday * Police have not established links between the incidents NEW ANTI-HATE TASKFORCE * Assigned with tackling hateful behaviour and looking at the bigger picture across Victoria * Members will include the premier, police minister, Victoria Police, the Melbourne lord mayor and Jewish community voices, with more stakeholders to be added * Initial meeting this week will be about getting advice from Victoria Police on how anti-vilification laws will be put into operation * Taskforce will update the premier on progress from local meetings with the Jewish community * It will also update on the progress of community consultations and legislation for increased police powers to stamp out extreme and violent protest * It will build on anti-vilification laws, greater police powers to come into effect and the work on legislation to ban masks at protests MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Synagogue * Firebombed on Friday night with 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * Angelo Loras, a 34-year-old from Sydney's west, was arrested in Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He was charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant * A group who splintered off from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the Melbourne CBD on Friday night * Protest organisers said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons * Police chief commissioner Mike Bush will examine the police response to the protest outside the restaurant Greensborough business * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in Melbourne's northeast in the early hours of Saturday * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said Elsternwick business * Offenders used stencils to allegedly spray paint offensive images on pillars at a busy intersection and on walls in Elsternwick on Sunday * Police have not established links between the incidents
Perth Now
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Perth Now
New taskforce to tackle hate after anti-Semitic attacks
NEW ANTI-HATE TASKFORCE * Assigned with tackling hateful behaviour and looking at the bigger picture across Victoria * Members will include the premier, police minister, Victoria Police, the Melbourne lord mayor and Jewish community voices, with more stakeholders to be added * Initial meeting this week will be about getting advice from Victoria Police on how anti-vilification laws will be put into operation * Taskforce will update the premier on progress from local meetings with the Jewish community * It will also update on the progress of community consultations and legislation for increased police powers to stamp out extreme and violent protest * It will build on anti-vilification laws, greater police powers to come into effect and the work on legislation to ban masks at protests MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Synagogue * Firebombed on Friday night with 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * Angelo Loras, a 34-year-old from Sydney's west, was arrested in Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He was charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant * A group who splintered off from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the Melbourne CBD on Friday night * Protest organisers said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons * Police chief commissioner Mike Bush will examine the police response to the protest outside the restaurant Greensborough business * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in Melbourne's northeast in the early hours of Saturday * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said Elsternwick business * Offenders used stencils to allegedly spray paint offensive images on pillars at a busy intersection and on walls in Elsternwick on Sunday * Police have not established links between the incidents
West Australian
18 hours ago
- Politics
- West Australian
New taskforce to tackle hate after anti-Semitic attacks
NEW ANTI-HATE TASKFORCE * Assigned with tackling hateful behaviour and looking at the bigger picture across Victoria * Members will include the premier, police minister, Victoria Police, the Melbourne lord mayor and Jewish community voices, with more stakeholders to be added * Initial meeting this week will be about getting advice from Victoria Police on how anti-vilification laws will be put into operation * Taskforce will update the premier on progress from local meetings with the Jewish community * It will also update on the progress of community consultations and legislation for increased police powers to stamp out extreme and violent protest * It will build on anti-vilification laws, greater police powers to come into effect and the work on legislation to ban masks at protests MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Synagogue * Firebombed on Friday night with 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * Angelo Loras, a 34-year-old from Sydney's west, was arrested in Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He was charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant * A group who splintered off from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the Melbourne CBD on Friday night * Protest organisers said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons * Police chief commissioner Mike Bush will examine the police response to the protest outside the restaurant Greensborough business * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in Melbourne's northeast in the early hours of Saturday * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said Elsternwick business * Offenders used stencils to allegedly spray paint offensive images on pillars at a busy intersection and on walls in Elsternwick on Sunday * Police have not established links between the incidents
ABC News
a day ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Victorian government announces new police taskforce in wake of 'sickening' antisemitic attacks
The Victorian government has announced a new Anti-Hate Taskforce following a spate of antisemitic attacks in Melbourne over the weekend. Premier Jacinta Allan said the taskforce would work to crack down on antisemitism after a synagogue in Melbourne's east was set on fire on Friday. Twenty people were forced to flee the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation after a man allegedly poured flammable liquid on the front door and set it on fire during a Shabbat meal. A 34-year-old man from Sydney has been charged over the incident, briefly appearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Sunday. He has been remanded in custody until later this month. Ms Allan thanked Victoria Police for their swift actions over what she described as a "sickening crime". "Places of worship like this synagogue are a part of our fabric as a society," she said. "We will protect them with everything we've got." She said a new Anti-Hate Taskforce between governments and police would "look at the bigger picture across our city and state" and vowed to increase police powers to enforce tougher protest laws rolled out earlier this year. The taskforce is expected to hold its first meeting this week. Shortly after the attack on the synagogue, about 20 protesters interrupted diners at an Israeli-owned restaurant in the CBD. In a statement posted to social media, the group behind a No Police at Protests movement said it targeted the restaurant because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal. Mr Segal is a spokesman for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli and US-backed organisation that has been criticised for how it distributes aid in Gaza. But the group denied that incident was linked to the attack at the synagogue. "Pro-Palestinian activists have never attacked places of worship, and we condemn such attacks," the statement read. On Saturday afternoon, police revealed a business in Greensborough was also targeted. "It's understood that unknown offenders attended a business on Para Road and set fire to three cars," Acting Commander Zorka Dunstan said. "They also used spray paint on the cars and a building wall. One of the cars was destroyed, the other two were moderately damaged." Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the weekend incidents. "It is completely unacceptable the attack that occurred at a restaurant in Melbourne, and also the attack on a business in the outer suburbs of Melbourne," Mr Albanese said on Saturday night. "The fact that people were having a peaceful dinner and were disrupted by this act of violence could have had catastrophic consequences." On Sunday afternoon, police said they were also investigating antisemitic graffiti near a holocaust museum in Elsternwick in Melbourne's south-east.
The Advertiser
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Synagogue, restaurant and business attacks condemned
MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich
