Security
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Giselle Haber
May 1, 2025, 3:34 pm
Election message from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
'The Jewish community is a cherished part of our modern multicultural society, and you make Australia a better place for us all'
By Anthony Albanese
JCA president Ian Sandler.
April 24, 2025, 5:32 pm
Now more than ever, community counts
'The funds we raise directly sustain the programs, services and infrastructure that underpin Jewish life here in NSW and the ACT'
By Ian Sandler
Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: AAP.
April 24, 2025, 5:14 pm
Major parties outline diverging policies in AIJAC questionnaire
Topics ranged from Australia’s relationship with Israel and the Gaza conflict to strategies for addressing antisemitism, multiculturalism, and handling public broadcaster complaints
By AJN STAFF
ECAJ President Daniel Aghion, at the Jewish Serviceman's memorial in Ripponlea, believes the government needs to do more. Photo Bruce Hill.
December 8, 2024, 3:20 pm
Security funding “not dealing with the problem”
Albanese grants $32 million for Jewish community
By Bruce Hill
November 10, 2023, 11:33 am
‘I am Jewish, hear me roar’
'By showing our pride, we are showing them that they must be proud too. They mustn’t fear. Because we are strong.'
By Jessica Abelsohn
Photo: Peter Haskin
October 20, 2023, 1:26 pm
$25 million grant for Jewish communal security
The $25 million for the ECAJ is to be distributed through the National Council for Jewish Community Security
By AJN STAFF
Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons
May 17, 2022, 6:00 am
Jewish voters face stark choices
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim analyses where the parties and key independents stand on issues of importance to the Australian Jewish community
By Peter Wertheim
Josh Frydenberg (left) and Daniel Andrews (right) with plaques of Jerusalem stone marking the reopening of BWJCC, with Sam Tatarka . Photo: Peter Haskin
August 5, 2021, 9:30 am
‘Work, play in complete safety’
Josh Frydenberg: “Given [Beth Weizmann's] prominence, it’s only appropriate that it has a level of security that is commensurate with the threat.”
By Peter Kohn
From left: Dave Sharma MP, Emanuel Synagogue CEO Suzanna Helia and ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
July 9, 2020, 1:12 pm
Security funding ‘unfortunate but necessary’
Within Sydney's Wentworth electorate, $5 million from the federal government will be allocated to fortify communal organisations with upgraded security infrastructure.
By Gareth Narunsky
July 9, 2020, 10:16 am
Calls for Israel to join Five Eyes intelligence network
In an opinion piece in The Australian, Boaz Ganor says 'it would be prudent to consider having Israel join this arrangement'.
By Evan Zlatkis
From left: Tim Wilson, David Southwick, Rabbi Motty Liberow and Senator James Paterson with children at Hamerkaz Shelanu’s Lamdeni School after the security grants were announced. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 2, 2020, 12:01 am
$5.2m to upgrade security
'This significant investment by the Morrison government will go a long way to supporting the safety and security of our local Jewish community'.
By Peter Kohn
Photo: Peter Haskin
February 13, 2020, 3:30 pm
Antisemitic material sent to Jewish community
Antisemitic material, including a note titled 'Death of the Jews Secret Masterplan' was sent to a Melbourne communal organisation and to a well known individual in the community.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Rabbi Gersh Lazarow, Rebecca Silk and TBI fundraising chair Helen Shardey with Senator James Paterson. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 18, 2019, 6:30 am
Boost to TBI’s security
Melbourne's Temple Beth Israel synagogue received a grant of more than $200,000 towards bolstering security and safety.
By Peter Kohn
From left: ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim, Council for Jewish Community Security chairman Peter Wise, Dave Sharma, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Lesli Berger and CSG head of security Matt Meyerson. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
October 17, 2019, 8:00 am
Jewish groups reap benefit
The ECAJ says security funding received by Jewish organisations across Australia is 'much-needed and very timely given the resurgence of antisemitism'.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Lesli Berger, Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton, NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman and Minister for Multiculturalism John Sidoti. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
May 22, 2019, 11:41 am
NSW govt provides $2m for communal security
MAKING good on a pre-election pledge, Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton joined NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman and Minister for Multiculturalism John Sidoti to present the community with a $2 million cheque for communal security on Tuesday night.
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