Melbourne

Australian MP Helen Haines loses leg after being critically wounded in car attack

"It's clear that there was a deliberate act here. This wasn't an accident, someone just skidding off the road," Australian PM Albanese told ABC News.

Independent member for Indi Helen Haines reacts while speaking to journalists in the Press Gallery at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, September 8, 2026.
Muslim preacher Abu Ahmad at the Al Bayyinah Islamic Centre in Springvale.

Australian Muslim preacher calls to take up arms against enemies including Jews, Christians

A man blows the shofar in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 17, 2025

Elul teaches us a Jewish lesson: The last siren has not sounded - opinion

In this photo illustration a smartphone screen displays the logo of social media app and instant messaging service Telegram, on February 19, 2026 in Bath, England; illustrative

Australia begins legal action against Telegram over alleged pro-terror material, extremist violence


Melbourne University Student Union passes BDS resolution

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council expressed its disgust at an extreme anti-Israel and antisemitic motion passed by the Council of the University of Melbourne Student Union.

 Melbourne University

Melbourne-based rabbi subjected to antisemitism

Traumatized, the rabbi reported the incident to the ADC, stating that he never imagined experiencing such hate in Melbourne.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne readies to exit world's longest COVID-19 lockdown

Since early August, residents in Australia's second-largest city have been in lockdown - their sixth during the pandemic.

Melbourne, Australia

Illegal Melbourne Rosh Hashanah service embarrasses community

Police were alerted to the unauthorized prayer service and after a long standoff, some of the congregants left the building and were issued with fines amid some scuffles.

 The Australian flag (Illustrative).

Melbourne ultra-Orthodox school vandalized with 'Free Palestine' graffiti

Parents discovered the graffiti when dropping their children off at Cheder Levi Yitzchok school.

Melbourne, Australia

Leifer extradited to Australia after six years of legal battles

Leifer is wanted on 74 counts of sexual abuse and rape of minors.

Malka Leifer

Melbourne locals confront haredi Jews allegedly meeting during lockdown

A group of Jews who are believed to be part of the Satmar Hasidic group were filmed leaving the Adass Israel School in south Melbourne on Saturday night.

Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate Lag BaOmer in the village of Kiryas Joel

Uber driver asked to stop the car after passenger found out he was Jewish

"Stop here, I don't like Jews. I'm not going to ride with a Jew"

The logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone

Haas, McLaren Formula One team members tested for coronavirus

McLaren said one team member had self-isolated in the hotel as a precaution.

Haas' Kevin Magnussen in action during testing

F1 not certain season-opening grand prix will go ahead in Melbourne

The Chinese Grand Prix scheduled for Shanghai on April 19 has been called off as a result of the virus, which emerged in the central Chinese province of Hubei late last year.

Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 15, 2019 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in action during practice