Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and shadow defence minister James Paterson have visited the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne.

The Israeli president said he found it “obscure and odd” that so many police were needed for his security during his Australian visit.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism, an Australian magistrate said on Monday.

Isaac Herzog’s planned visit to the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne raised concerns about securing nearby streets.

Iraqi officials have arrested a man wanted by Australian Federal Police as a person of interest in the investigation into a spate of firebombings, including an antisemitic attack on a Melbourne ...