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Murujuga woman Raelene Cooper stands with other aboriginal climate advocates.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumTraditional owners cautiously optimistic on rock art call

Traditional owners are feeling ‘cautiously optimistic’ that a UNESCO bid to have ancient rock art in WA’s north added to the World Heritage list will be approved in Paris on Friday night.

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Anti-Semitism envoy Jillian Segal (inset) and a protestor being led away by Police outside an Israeli restaurant

anti-SemitismWA govt condemns racism but ‘values artistic freedom’

The WA Government is mulling over recommendations for a new plan to combat anti-Semitism, saying while it ‘values artistic freedom’ it takes ’a very strong stance’ in condemning it.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says university funding will be at risk if anti-Semitism isn’t stamped out.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsUni funding at risk if anti-Semitism isn’t stamped out

Australia’s hand-picked envoy announces new sweeping plan to address anti-Semitism after a series of attacks across Australia.

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Australia will again push for ancient rock art sites to be placed on a World Heritage list.

Federal PoliticsPremiumAustralia mounts full-court press for UNESCO rock art bid

Federal and State Environment ministers, traditional owners, scientists and department officials rally together in Paris as part of Australian full-court press for UNESCO to list rock art in WA’s north. 

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Murray Watt has pushed back against a draft UNESCO recommendation which would require the ‘decommissioning of all industrial activity’ in the Burrup Peninsula.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Incredible ask’: Watt pushes back on decommissioning call

Murray Watt has taken a swipe at ‘politically driven’ groups seeking to impact the Government’s bid for the World Heritage Committee to recognise rock art near the North West Shelf gas project. 

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Susan Ley with members of the East Melbourne Synagogue community and Jewish leaders at East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsOpposition demands action on anti-Semitism ‘rising tide’

Sussan Ley has called for Anthony Albanese to adopt an action plan put forward by the country’s peak Jewish body to combat the ‘rising tide of anti-Semitism’ in Australia.

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Police escort Anti-Israeli protesters outside an Israeli restaurant Miznon on Hardware Lane in Melbourne, Friday, July 4, 2025.

Federal PoliticsCommentsFederal silence slammed after synagogue attack

Public concern about antisemitism is highest in WA, where residents are more likely to be aware of negative perceptions toward Jewish people, according to a new Combat Antisemitism survey. 

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China’s President Xi Jinping in 2023.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese bound for Beijing to smooth talk superpower

Anthony Albanese is expected to receive a red carpet reception when he travels to China this weekend to meet President Xi Jinping. 

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Financial services minister Stephen Jones in conversation with FAA CEO Sarah Abood at the Financial Advice Association lunch today.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsStephen Jones appointed Aussie’s ambassador to OECD in Paris

Former Labor assistant treasurer Stephen Jones has been appointed Australia’s next ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

FEDERAL POLITICSIsraeli demands Australia take stronger antisemitic action

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has furiously demanded the Albanese Government take stronger action against antisemitism after a series of ‘vile’ attacks in Melbourne.

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Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia shakes hands with players ahead of the International Test match between Australia Wallabies and Fiji in Newcastle. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese hosts Fijian PM at Wallabies test in Newcastle

Anthony Albanese focused on diplomacy at home on Sunday, hosting Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Newcastle for a Wallabies Test match against Fiji. 

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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has condemned an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘No place for antisemitism’Burke warns against ‘importing hatred’ after synagogue fire

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has condemned an arson attack at a synagogue in inner Melbourne on Friday night as ‘an attack on Australia’ and warned people not to ‘import hatred’. 

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