A warning: this next story includes vision of Nazi symbols. Counter-terrorism police have taken over investigations into two separate antisemitic incidents at synagogues in Sydney in recent days. The New South Wales government says police are working hard to track down those responsible. Michele Goldman from the state's Jewish Board of Deputies says the recent spike in incidents is shocking.
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00:00It's a number one priority to really make sure that we can catch the perpetrators and
00:07punish them and put in place effective deterrence so that anyone else thinking of spewing hate
00:15across our cities, across Australian cities that have had great cohesive communities living
00:23together peacefully, inclusively, respectfully.
00:29We've got to ramp up, we've got to tighten our laws and make sure we can put an end to
00:34this spate of hateful attacks.
00:36I think people are definitely taking more precautions.
00:39We're grateful for funding from the New South Wales government so that the Jewish community
00:44is able to increase measures of security, to have more guards outside specific sites.
00:52We definitely need to see a tightening of the laws.
00:55Unfortunately too few people who have been involved in these hateful acts have been caught
01:01and punished and that is the number one priority here to make sure that they can be prosecuted
01:08more easily and that we can put in place an effective deterrence for others that may be
01:14considering these kind of extremist waves of behaviour.