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Longer youth bail crackdown 'training kids for crime'

A temporary crackdown aimed at curbing violent youth crime will be extended for three years in a decision that critics say will do nothing to reduce offending.

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Grattan on Friday: we don’t need an inquiry into the caravan affair but we do need some answers

The battle to contain antisemitism in Australia finds both sides of politics embracing measures they’d otherwise abhor.

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Hate crime laws to make anti-Semites 'think twice'

Jewish leaders have backed controversial changes aimed at ending "an ongoing campaign of domestic terrorism" resulting in a litany of anti-Semitic attacks.

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‘Harassing’ people outside places of worship could result in jail under proposed NSW law

Premier Chris Minns flags new measures, which would make certain types of protests a criminal offence, in response to ‘racial hatred and antisemitism’

The Guardian - AU

Jo Haylen had to go once it was clear chauffeur wasn’t justified for second Hunter Valley trip, premier says

Chris Minns says while then-transport minister made some work calls during 2024 trip with husband, ‘it didn’t justify having a driver on the day’

The Guardian - AU

Minister 'not thinking' about free car at birthday bash

The last minister standing after a taxpayer-funded ride to her boozy 40th birthday lunch acknowledges she "probably should have said something" at the time.

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Jo Haylen’s swift exit after a series of own goals shows NSW Labor has learned from past mistakes

‘Politics is tough’ the outgoing minister lamented in her resignation speech, as if the events that forced her to quit weren’t her own doing

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Jo Haylen quits as NSW transport minister after 446km chauffeur trip for winery lunch

Labor MP resigns portfolio after revelations into her use of taxpayer-funded ministerial car for private purposes and criticism from premier Chris Minns

The Guardian - AU

Jo Haylen on notice over any more revelations after asking chauffeur to drive 446km for winery lunch

Chris Minns says if more trips by transport minister came to light ‘it would weigh very heavily on me’ as premier announces ‘we are changing the rules’

The Guardian - AU

'Kills me': senior minister quits over car trip scandal

NSW is looking for a new transport minister after Jo Haylen quit the ministry after using her government driver to ferry her around on personal, non-work trips.

AAP

Minister jobs safe despite bad call on long lunch trip

"Bad judgment" has been blamed for taxpayers funding a driver to take two ministers and friends to a long lunch over the Australia Day long weekend.

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NSW minister apologises after asking chauffeur to drive 446km for Australia Day weekend lunch

Transport minister Jo Haylen admits ‘I made the wrong decision’ after ministerial car booked out for 13 hours for Hunter Valley lunch at winery

The Guardian - AU

Security beefed up after temple named on bomb plot list

The discovery of an explosive-laden caravan with a list of possible Jewish targets has put communities further on edge amid rampant anti-Semitic attacks.

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As antisemitic attacks reach ‘disturbing’ levels, is strengthening hate crime laws the answer?

Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, has issued a stark warning following the discovery of explosives in a caravan in northwest Sydney, alongside a note bearing the address of a Sydney synagogue.

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The Guardian - AU

NSW police say caravan investigation ‘compromised’ by media leak as Daily Telegraph calls criticism ‘unfair’

Caravan discovered in Dural on Sydney’s outskirts had antisemitic material, investigators say, with registered owner in custody on unrelated charges

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Caravan Full Of Explosives Capable Of ‘Mass-Casualty Event’ Found In Syd’s North-West

"We condemn unequivocally this act,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: shock at ‘antisemitic’ plot discovery, Plibersek’s praise for doomed EPA deal, Smith’s Galle ton

Documents reveal how environmental protection plan fell apart; Jewish groups express horror after discovery of explosives in a caravan near Sydney

The Independent UK

Australian police find explosives they suspect are part of an antisemitic plot

Australian police say they suspect explosives stashed on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cities for months

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The Guardian - AU

A caravan laden with explosives was found in greater Sydney. Here’s what we know so far

More than 100 counter-terrorism police are investigating after the discovery was made earlier this month

The Guardian - AU

Caravan laden with explosives found in Sydney allegedly intended for antisemitic attack

NSW police investigating after explosives found in Dural with premier Chris Minns warning incident could have led to ‘mass casualty event’

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Man behind bars after 'odious' attack on cop memorial

A man accused of defacing a memorial to fallen police officers has lost a bid to be detained at a mental health facility after claiming he had complex PTSD.

The Guardian - AU

PM says nation ‘needs to work together’ to tackle antisemitism – as it happened

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‘Opportune’ Queensland ads lure resigning NSW psychiatrists interstate

Public hospital psychiatrists who have quit over pay and conditions targeted with job-ad blitz in major Sydney newspapers

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'Opportune' ads lure quitting interstate psychiatrists

Dissatisfied public hospital psychiatrists who have quit over pay and conditions are being enticed across the border with a job-ad blitz in major newspapers.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Whatever the government does, Albanese struggles to strike the right note in antisemitism battle

Anthony Albanese points to the array of measures his government has taken to tackle the scourge of antisemitism. But he can’t escape the impression of seeming perennially on the back foot and often lacking adequate empathy and sensitivity in dealing with the issue.

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