Politicians have condemned the "appalling" rise of anti-Semitic attacks as parliament returned, with Anthony Albanese forced to defend Labor's track record on stamping out hate.
Independent MP Allegra Spender called on the parliament to deplore the "appalling and unacceptable" rise in anti-Semitism across Australia, including recent attacks on synagogues, schools, and childcare centres.
"The message from this parliament today must be unambiguous," she said on Tuesday..
"We will not stand for hate, we will not stand for abuse, we will not abide intimidation, and we will not tolerate a terrorising of any part of our community.
"We are all united against anti-Semitism."
Liberal MP Julian Leeser took aim at the Albanese government for having "failed to do all they can".
"What we have seen is half measures and weakness when what we needed was strong measures and strong leadership," he said.
"The government has been reactive. It has not led."
In response, the prime minister listed the measures his government had implemented to crackdown on escalating attacks which include convening national cabinet.
"We have not wavered. Anti-Semitism stands in vital opposition to all we are as a nation, and all with that we have built together over generations," Mr Albanese said.
"It has no place in our nation, and will combat it with the full force of our laws and with total commitment from every level of government.
"I say to Jewish Australians, proudly stand tall. You belong here, and Australia stands with you."
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the "national crisis" had been brewing for a long time.
"We stand with the Jewish community, we stand with every right-thinking Australian, and we condemn anti-Semitism in every form," he said.
In the upper house, similar motions were introduced by senators.
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe condemned anti-Semitism as a form of racism and white supremacy.
"That's how Nazis saw it and how they justified the Holocaust," she said.
"Whether black, brown, Jewish, Muslim or Asian. Of course, we must condemn racism in all its forms."
Independent senator Jacqui Lambie said the hate in this country had to stop and lashed the people perpetrating it.
"You are Australia's scum ... and every politician in this Senate and the House needs to work together on this and stand up against anti-Semitism and racism in all its forms," she said.
"We need to say in one voice this behaviour is not on, and it will be not put up with it, not in this country, not in this nation."
