MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state committed more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes, officials said on Tuesday after a childcare center was torched near a Sydney synagogue.

Victoria Police withdrew from participating in this year's Midsumma Pride March following organisers' "trauma-informed" trial ban on uniforms.

Police have charged a man after the words "evil" and "dogs" were scratched into a stone memorial to fallen police in another act of vandalism on monuments.

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country, police said.

Already heightened tension in the community could further be inflamed by expected mass protests on Australia Day, prompting a major police response.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country, police said on Wednesday.

Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales, emphasized that the operation targeting these antisemitic crimes is “just getting started.”

Two cars were set ablaze and other vehicles were daubed with anti-Jewish slogans. Read more at straitstimes.com.

and one person suffered burn injuries in the fire that was set at a Melbourne synagogue in December. Acting New South Police Wales Police Commissioner Peter Thurtell said Strike Force Pearl ...

A police officer who allegedly murdered his ex-partner and the man’s new boyfriend will undergo psychiatric testing before entering pleas to the allegations against him.

Sky News host Sharri Markson goes on the road with Strike Force Pearl to deliver in-depth and exclusive access into how police are tackling the nation’s rising antisemitism.

Police have arrested a third man after two off-duty police officers were allegedly assaulted in Sydney's inner west last week.