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Australian man arrested after allegedly throwing bacon during antisemitic hate crime

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025Jesse Orine

Police in the Melbourne, Australia, area have arrested a man who they say threw a “packet of bacon” at someone who interrupted his attempts at antisemitic graffiti. The arrest, announced Tuesday, is the latest in a string as police crack down on antisemitic incidents in Melbourne and Sydney, home to Australia’s two largest Jewish communities. […]

Police in Australia seize explosives they say may have been intended to kill Jews

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025Jesse Orine

Police in Australia say they have seized explosives that they believe were intended for a plot to target Jews. The explosives, as well as material containing details about Jewish institutions, were found earlier this month in a camper van in a suburb of Sydney. Police disclosed the find on Thursday amid rumors of arrests and […]

Melbourne, Australia, synagogue set ablaze, forcing congregants to flee

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024Jesse Orine

A synagogue in suburban Melbourne, Australia, was set ablaze on Friday, causing congregants to flee and injuring at least one person. The fire before dawn on Friday at Adass Israel, a haredi Orthodox synagogue in the town of Ripponlea, sent congregants gathered for morning prayers into the streets at 4:10 a.m. Those who fled the […]

Australia saw antisemitic incidents quadruple after Oct. 7, Jewish group reports

December 3, 2024December 3, 2024Jesse Orine

(JR) — Jews in Australia experienced a record number of 2,062 antisemitic incidents over the year following Oct. 7, 2023, according to an umbrella group of Jewish organizations. A new report from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry found that the number quadrupled from the previous 12-month period, when it tracked 495 incidents. The group […]

Australian miner opens options-based hedge

October 9, 2024October 10, 2024David Rutman

An A$800 million Australian mining company announced this week it is hedging exposure to gold and diesel prices for production in the 2025 calendar year. Pantoro, which referred to the move as a “gold price protection facility” fostered by options covering about 24% of 2025 production, opened the trade without any premium payment made to […]

Stroke drug developed by Australia from spider venom could save lives

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024Arsen Mayer

Venom from poisonous spiders can kill, but – incredibly – it could also save lives. A spider-venom molecule being investigated by a team from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, has met critical benchmarks towards becoming a treatment for heart attacks and strokes. Prof. Nathan Palpant and Prof. Glenn King from the university’s Institute […]