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Man charged over foul email to royal commission witness

Man charged over foul email to royal commission witness

Police investigating a report about offensive emails say they found weapons, instructions on making explosives and a copy of Mein Kampf at a man's home.

Difficult question still facing anti-Semitism inquiry

Difficult question still facing anti-Semitism inquiry

Difficult question still facing anti-Semitism inquiry

Difficult question still facing anti-Semitism inquiry

The royal commission on anti-Semitism stands to do more harm than good for social cohesion unless it gets a key, highly divisive, definition right.

Neo-Nazis lose fight to overturn hate group listing

Neo-Nazis lose fight to overturn hate group listing

Neo-Nazis lose fight to overturn hate group listing

Neo-Nazis lose fight to overturn hate group listing

Neo-Nazi group White Australia has been dealt a legal blow as it challenges hate speech laws which could cause its "extinction".

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'Devastating blow': nurse case hinges on video legality

'Devastating blow': nurse case hinges on video legality

Two nurses charged with making menacing anti-Semitic comments to an Israeli online are fighting to exclude the video of their chat from court.

Man in Nazi shirt said he's 'better than Bondi fellow'

Man in Nazi shirt said he's 'better than Bondi fellow'

A T-shirt with a swastika and claiming personal pride in anti-Semitism is better than committing the Bondi terrorist attack, a man allegedly told police.

Neo-Nazi party to learn fate over hate group listing

Neo-Nazi party to learn fate over hate group listing

The White Australia Party is about to find out whether it can continue operating under hate laws passed in the wake of the Bondi massacre.

Neo-Nazi sledged as 'scum' in fiery court confrontation

Neo-Nazi sledged as 'scum' in fiery court confrontation

Fiery verbal abuse has been hurled at a prominent neo-Nazi as he left court after appearing on two charges connected to far-right activity.

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Blow for academics sued over alleged anti-Semitic posts

Blow for academics sued over alleged anti-Semitic posts

Blow for academics sued over alleged anti-Semitic posts

Blow for academics sued over alleged anti-Semitic posts

Jewish academics have won a bid to amend discrimination claims against their colleagues over allegedly anti-Semitic social media posts.

Foul-mouthed bikie denies heading anti-Semitic attack

Foul-mouthed bikie denies heading anti-Semitic attack

Foul-mouthed bikie denies heading anti-Semitic attack

Foul-mouthed bikie denies heading anti-Semitic attack

A bikie who denies masterminding an Iran-led firebombing of a Jewish deli has angrily cursed outside court after his trial was delayed until next year.

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

Stolen Generations still paying price of forced removal

The many thousands of Indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families from 1910 to 1970 are being remembered as part of National Sorry Day.

Islamophobic TikToker’s calls for another Cronulla riot

Islamophobic TikToker’s calls for another Cronulla riot

Islamophobic TikToker’s calls for another Cronulla riot

Islamophobic TikToker’s calls for another Cronulla riot

A man who admitted inciting racial violence by calling for a repeat of the Cronulla riots has regained his freedom after five months in jail.

Cinema allegedly taunted with salute in Holocaust movie

Cinema allegedly taunted with salute in Holocaust movie

Cinema allegedly taunted with salute in Holocaust movie

Cinema allegedly taunted with salute in Holocaust movie

A movie screening about a concentration camp was allegedly hijacked by white supremacists who are also accused of performing a Nazi salute.

Neo-Nazi group outlawed under anti-hate legislation

Neo-Nazi group outlawed under anti-hate legislation

Neo-Nazi group outlawed under anti-hate legislation

Neo-Nazi group outlawed under anti-hate legislation

A neo-Nazi group that advocates for a white Australia has been listed as a prohibited hate group after advice from the nation's domestic spy agency.

Chinese-Aussies slam coalition's 'unfair' welfare move

Chinese-Aussies slam coalition's 'unfair' welfare move

Chinese-Aussies slam coalition's 'unfair' welfare move

Chinese-Aussies slam coalition's 'unfair' welfare move

The Australian-Chinese community is uneasy after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he plans to axe welfare benefits from non-citizens.

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Teen walks free after sharing IS propaganda online

A teen who published IS propaganda online has walked free after serving nearly a year in prison, but faces tough restrictions, including limits on internet.

Girl on 109 charges freed as premier defends crime laws

A state government has defended its crime laws as effective after a girl who was charged with weaponising cars and anti-Semitism had her charges dropped.

Teenager accused of planning racist terrorist attack

A young man has been charged with terror offences over allegations he was planning a terrorist attack motivated by nationalist and racist extremism.

'Greatest threat': dire warning on anti-Semitic attacks

A spate of anti-Semitic firebombings and graffiti attacks has prompted a judge to warn that shadowy overseas actors are seeking to fracture Australian society.

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Jewish musicians describe backlash over Zionist beliefs

An Australian musician who rose to fame in the 1980s says she was viciously targeted and excluded from the industry for being a Jew and a Zionist.

Alleged netball anti-Semitism leads to charge, ban

A woman who allegedly made anti-Semitic comments at a children's netball game has been charged by police and banned from attending future games.

Australian Jews detail 'unfair' backlash linked to Gaza

The chance to share their experiences of bullying, harassment and fear in the face of anti-Semitism has been years in the making for many Jewish Australians.

Racism 'out of control' as grieving communities suffer

Racism has spiked alarmingly in the wake of the alleged murder of a five-year-old girl, an Aboriginal women's group has told a federal inquiry.

'Racial' police task forces unchallenged, inquiry told

A children's advocate has challenged a police commissioner to address the issue of young people of colour being stigmatised by "racialised” crime task forces.

Opera House rally response a 'missed opportunity'

Allowing a heated rally outside the Opera House after a Hamas attack on Israel set Australia on a trajectory to rising anti-Semitism, an inquiry has been told.

Hate speech charge laid for banner at neo-Nazi rally

A man has been arrested after he unveiled an anti-Semitic banner at a rally organised by prominent neo-Nazis outside a state parliament.

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