Penny Wong
The Foreign Ministers of Canada (Anita Anand, the UK (Yvette Cooper) and Australia (Penny Wong) meeting in Britain. Photo: Times of Israel, Carl Court, Pool Photo via AP.
June 12, 2026, 10:43 am
Australia, UK and Canada set up Israel-Palestine peace fund
Three nations pledge seed funding to 'marginalise extremists'
By AJN STAFF
Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman on ABC 7:30.
May 22, 2026, 12:30 pm
Israeli Ambassador defends interception, condemns Ben Gvir
'That's not the approach of the government of Israel. It's not the policy of the government of Israel. It doesn't reflect the values of the State of Israel'
By AJN STAFF
MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a march in Jerusalem. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
May 21, 2026, 2:13 pm
Australian Jewish groups condemn Itamar Ben Gvir over flotilla antics
Ben Gvir 'does not represent mainstream Israeli society nor the views of the overwhelming majority of the Australian Jewish community'
By Gareth Narunsky
Senator Dave Sharma speaks to The AJN at the publication's Sydney office. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
April 10, 2026, 12:34 pm
Sharma: Iran war objectives met despite ceasefire concerns
Iran's ability to export terrorism had been 'drastically diminished' despite concerns that goals stated at the start of the war have not been achieved, Senator says
By Gareth Narunsky
Ambassador Hillel Newman (right) in conversation with Moshe Kadoury. Photo: Embassy of Israel/Facebook
March 27, 2026, 5:14 pm
Iran war ‘a fight for Western civilisation’
Hillel Newman, who arrived in Australia a month ago, addressed members of the Sydney Jewish community at a Zionist Council of NSW welcome event on Wednesday
By Gareth Narunsky
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned the escalating violence in Israel. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 26, 2026, 2:49 pm
Wong raises concerns over Lebanon conflict
Wong reiterated Australia's condemnation of Iran and its proxies' continued attacks across the region and discussed prospects for de-escalation
By AJN STAFF
From left: Richard Marles, Judith Collins, Penny Wong and Winston Peters. Photo: Facebook
March 20, 2026, 10:39 am
AIJAC welcomes stance on Iran, criticises omission of Hamas
'Any credible pathway to peace requires acknowledging the full picture,' AIJAC executive director Colin Rubenstein says
By AJN STAFF
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
February 28, 2026, 10:07 pm
Australian leaders support US-Israel strikes on Iran
'A regime that relies on the repression and murder of its own people to retain power is without legitimacy,' government says in statement
By Gareth Narunsky
Internal damage to the Adass Israel Synagogue after it was firebombed. Photo: Yumi Rosenbaum
November 27, 2025, 3:17 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard listed as state sponsor of terrorism
The listing follows ASIO's assessment that the IRGC orchestrated attacks on Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Sydney and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne
By AJN STAFF
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
October 9, 2025, 12:20 pm
Australian political leaders welcome Gaza peace deal
'This is a much needed step towards peace,' Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong say in a joint statement
By Gareth Narunsky
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing on Monday that Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at UN general assembly. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
September 18, 2025, 3:43 pm
Jewish roof bodies urge governments to reconsider Palestinian recognition
The ECAJ, Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (Canada) have urged their governments to reconsider recognising a Palestinian state
By AJN STAFF
Paramedics respond to a shooting attack at the Ramot Junction near the entrance to Jerusalem, which wounded at least 15 people and killed 6, on September 8, 2025. Photo: Magen David Adom
September 9, 2025, 9:41 am
Wong condemns Jerusalem terror attack that killed six
The victims were named as Levi Yitzhak Pash, 57, Yaakov Pinto, 25, Yisrael Matzner, 28, Rabbi Yosef David, 43, Rabbi Mordechai Steintzag, 79, and Sarah Mendelson, 60
By Gareth Narunsky
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) and members of the local Jewish community visiting the torched Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 10, 2024. (DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET / AFP)
August 26, 2025, 2:16 pm
Iran found to be behind antisemitic arson attacks
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess: 'Iran and its proxies literally and figuratively lit the matches and fanned the flames'
By Gareth Narunsky
Senator Michaelia Cash.
August 19, 2025, 3:51 pm
Opposition slams government over Israeli diplomat crisis
"To suggest that calls for the destruction of Hamas are 'inflammatory' or grounds for visa cancellation is absurd," Senator Michaelia Cash.
By Bruce Hill
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at a dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 7, 2025. Photo: Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP
August 15, 2025, 11:21 am
Huckabee lashes Australia over Palestine recognition
'The timing has been very hurtful to any prospects of negotiating some settlement in Gaza with Hamas, they basically walked away'
By AJN STAFF
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