A federal Jewish MP in Australia has called for mandatory jail sentences for people convicted of vandalising synagogues following a string of anti-Semitic incidents.
Liberal MP Julian Leeser called for new laws to clamp down on anti-Semitism. Federal MP Julian Leeser has called for mandatory jail sentences for people convicted of vandalising synagogues to deter anti-Semitic incidents. The Australian Federal Police told the ABC it is investigating more than 100 reports of alleged attacks against the Jewish community nationwide.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said state and territory governments were primarily responsible for law enforcement in their jurisdictions. \A federal Jewish MP has called for mandatory jail sentences for people convicted of vandalising synagogues, following a string of incidents across Australia. Liberal Member for Berowra Julian Leeser urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to convene an emergency meeting to develop new laws to clamp down on anti-Semitism. 'We have seen over the past several weeks an escalation in attacks on Jewish communal institutions particularly the burning of synagogues in Melbourne, the attempted burning of synagogues here in Sydney,' Mr Leeser said. 'It's all very well for political leaders to condemn these acts but people need to know that if you graffiti a synagogue or a Jewish communal property, you will go to jail.' Mr Leeser said national cabinet needed to come up with a series of laws at a federal, state and territory level to stop the escalation of these incidents. He said that included examining protections over internet and mobile services where the federal government holds regulatory responsibility. 'I think that it's important that Australian leaders nationally send a signal in a real and concrete way that anti-Semitism has no place in this country,' he said. The Australian Federal Police told the ABC it is investigating more than 100 reports of alleged attacks against the Jewish community nationwide. NSW Police said on Monday it was investigating graffiti on a wall at Sydneham in the city's inner west, that read 'gas the Jews'.ABC News: Jak Rowland Several red swastikas were painted along the fence of a synagogue in nearby suburb Newtown on Saturday. On Friday, the Allawah synagogue in Sydney's south was vandalised with several swastikas spray-painted on the building's exterior walls. Photo shows cctv image of two people dressed in black hoodies one on a bike outside a synagogue in newtown Counter terrorism police have taken over all investigations into anti-Semitic incidents at synagogues in Sydney. Mr Albanese said state and territory governments were primarily responsible for law enforcement against anti-Semitism in their respective jurisdictions. 'What we have established is Operation Avalite to make sure that the Australian Federal Police work cooperatively with state and territory governments and work as well with security agencies,' he said. 'We'll continue to work cooperatively, but primarily the people who've attended these events are of course state police.'ABC News: Matt Roberts Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Mr Albanese needed to do more to stem the rise in anti-Semitism in Australia. 'We're seeing an attack on Jewish communities, on people's homes, cars, on their places of worship and the prime minister says, 'Oh, I've done everything I can,' which is next to zero,' Mr Dutton said. 'We got Jewish Australians who are out there saying that they would feel safer living in Israel … than to be living in Sydney or Melbourne.
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