Australian police have said foreign actors could be funding a recent wave of antisemitic attacks, as authorities struggle to respond to violent incidents targeting synagogues and neighbourhoods with Jewish communities in Sydney and Melbourne.

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country.

Australia is investigating whether local criminals were paid by foreign actors to carry out a spate of anti-Semitic attacks, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Detectives in Australia are investigating whether foreign actors paying criminals are behind the recent string of antisemitic attacks.

Australia's federal police have said they are investigating whether "overseas actors or individuals" are paying criminals to carry out antisemitic crimes in the country. There has been a spate of such incidents in recent months,

Australia has been grappling with a spate of antisemitic attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war in late 2023.