Anthony Bergin
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess ahead of his annual threat assessment speech at ASIO headquarters in Canberra on February 19. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.
July 28, 2026, 4:28 pm
Sounding the alarm on our terror alerts 
ASIO chief Mike Burgess says Australia's terror alert system should better reflect today's threat environment.
By Anthony Bergin
The anti-Israel encampment at the University of Melbourne in May 2024. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 23, 2026, 11:32 am
Sandstone barons had power to act
University leaders had the powers to act against campus antisemitism but too often chose not to use them.
By Anthony Bergin
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran. Photo: STRINGER / AFP
July 2, 2026, 5:25 pm
Iran’s terror threat to Australia has not diminished
Australia should be urging the US to make any final peace agreement with Iran conditional on severe consequences for Iranian terror abroad
By Anthony Bergin
A chanukiah sits amid the floral tributes at Bondi. Photo: Michael Gara/Facebook
December 24, 2025, 10:51 am
Six lessons to learn from Bondi
The Bondi Beach terror attack is a stain on the nation. We must learn from this failure
By Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin
Flowers at Bondi Beach on Monday, December 15. Photo: AAP Image/Dean Lewins
December 18, 2025, 10:07 am
Hate speech translates into hate action
The Bondi beach massacre on December 14 is part of the global intifada.
By Anthony Bergin
Indonesia's president Prabowo Subianto finishes his address to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly with the word "shalom". Photo: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
November 13, 2025, 11:20 am
A roadmap for Israel’s Indo-Pacific engagement
A refreshing conversation about the possibility for Israel's engagement in the broader Indo-Pacific.
By Anthony Bergin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape open Papua New Guinea's embassy in Jerusalem in September 2023. Photo: Haim Zach/GPO
September 4, 2025, 12:31 pm
Let’s work with Israel in the Pacific
The growth of evangelical churches in the Pacific encourages solidarity with Israel.
By Anthony Bergin
Gazans with bags of flour in Khan Younis after humanitarian aid trucks arrive via the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing on July 24. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90
July 31, 2025, 11:19 am
Pressure on Israel won’t end the war
Hamas's evil use of human shields has been to maximise the deaths of fellow Palestinians.
By Anthony Bergin
April 17, 2025, 12:30 pm
Wong can’t have her cake and eat it too
Support Israel’s fight to defeat Hamas, stop funding UNRWA, and end incitement against Israel’s existence.
By Anthony Bergin
PM Anthony Albanese visiting Melbourne's Adass Israel Synagogue after a firebombing in December 2024. Photo: AAP Image/Joel Carrett
March 21, 2025, 10:29 am
Antisemitism and Islamophobia are not the same
By GREG ROSE and Anthony Bergin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Giselle Haber. On January 21, 2025, he finally called a meeting of national cabinet to discuss rising antisemitism.
December 12, 2024, 1:47 pm
Israel, Palestine and Labor’s ideological bonfire
'It's as if a rupture in Australia–Israel ties is the Albanese government's desired policy goal'
By Anthony Bergin and Mike Kelly
November 21, 2024, 11:40 am
We are party to UN anti-Israel shame
The victims of this disruption were the children, parents and relatives targeted for wanting to be at this annual Christmas event.
By Anthony Bergin
Education Minister Jason Clare. Photo: Facebook
October 29, 2024, 4:15 pm
Clare’s accusation of war crimes aimed at the wrong target
There’s no comparison between those who deliberately kill innocents as their goal and those who cause unavoidable civilian deaths when fighting their adversaries.
By Anthony Bergin
A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) armoured personnel carrier on patrol in southern Lebanon. Photo: Rabih Daher/AFP
October 20, 2024, 8:00 am
Israel’s force must be supported
Israel's in a tough neighbourhood: refusing to use force simply sends a message of weakness.
By Anthony Bergin
The pro Palestinian encampment at the University of Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 23, 2024, 4:50 pm
‘The truth is found only when sought’
'It is time to step up to the information warfare challenge or else watch our democracy corrode steadily from within'
By Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin
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