Australian police have launched an investigation after a car was set alight and houses were vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney. The incident has been condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a "hate crime". He told ABC News: "There's no place for antisemitism in this country, or anywhere for that matter."

Australia’s prime minister has announced the launch of a police task force on anti-Semitism following a spate of attacks aimed at Jewish people, including an arson attack at a synagogue. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement on Monday as police said they were treating a fire at a synagogue in Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs as “terrorism”.

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that suspected arson at a Melbourne synagogue appeared to be an act of terror, a day after his Israeli counterpart said the Labor government had motivated the crime with anti-Israel policies.