Prime Minister Albanese and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess raised the terror threat level from possible to probable. They urged the public to report any signs of radicalisation to the security hotline, emphasising the need to target and stop anyone involved.

Albanese stressed the importance of unity, not division, in the community.

Burgess and Albanese stated it is abnormal for political offices to be occupied for prolonged periods and urged people to stick to facts rather than misinformation. They expressed gratitude for living in a country where citizens can engage with their local MPs because they cannot in many countries and clarified that the increased threat level is not influenced entirely by the Gaza conflict.

Despite the absence of the term ‘radical Islam’, terrorism is recognised as a threat to Australia’s multicultural society, exacerbated since October 7.

Islamophobia and antisemitism are being treated equally, said Burgess.

‘One incident or a couple of incidents are not a reason to raise the threat level, but they are an indication of what we’re seeing in society across those eight incidents. Five of them involved minors or youth. The oldest was 21. The youngest was 14. Across the eight there’s an equal mix of religiously motivated, nationalist and racist violent extremism.’

Weekly demonstrations featuring hateful chants, attacks on Jewish individuals – their businesses, and schools requiring additional security – have become common.

University protests have included chants like, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free [of Jews]…’ and statements such as ‘Jews do not belong on campus’.

The response from Labor, supported by the Teals and Greens, is to be criticised as appeasement under the guise of free speech.

I still wonder how Islamophobia is equal to antisemitism.

The shift away from free speech in Australia was evident on October 9, when police did not intervene as protesters called for violence against Jews on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, which was lit in blue and white as solidarity with Israel after the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust with mass murder of 1,200 civilians, rape and over 200 hostages taken. We heard the chants ‘Death to Jews’, ‘Gas the Jews’, or as the police insisted, ‘Where are the Jews?’

How can you equate Islamophobia and antisemitism equally, let alone in the same sentence?

The involvement of Iran and its proxies – Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis – is deeply troubling, yet Israel faces condemnation and criticism at every turn.

The Iranian Ambassador to Australia has called for ‘wiping out the Zionist plague from the holy lands of Palestine no later than 2027’.

Why hasn’t the government expelled the ambassador? His comments appear to breach hate speech laws.

How can they recognise the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as legitimate representatives of the Iranian people, who they oppress while sponsoring global terrorism?

Why doesn’t Penny Wong confront him directly?

It is utterly weak of Penny Wong to have her assistant, Tim Watts, reprimand the Israeli Ambassador to Australia, warning that Australia will not support Israel if it goes to war with Hezbollah.

60,000 Israelis have been displaced in the north due to thousands of missiles coming from southern Lebanon, yet this is rarely reported in mainstream news.

Penny Wong claims to support Israel’s right to self-defence, but her actions suggest otherwise. It is hypocritical to talk out of both sides of her mouth.

Meanwhile, we continue importing Palestinians with minimal security checks, granting visas within an hour from a region where over 70 per cent support Hamas terrorism. This is extremely concerning as it brings individuals who may not align with Australian values.

As a supporter of multiculturalism and inclusion, I do not support those who call for the end of our democracy and freedoms.

What is Labor doing about those who support Hizb ut-Tahrir, which openly calls for ending our democracy, freedoms, and instilling Sharia Law?

What is Labor doing about those who endorse the mass rapes, mutilations, beheadings, and slaughter of Israelis?

I refer to those in mosques who call for finding and killing a Jew hiding behind a tree.

Appeasement is equivalent to normalisation. Time and again, we witness this ‘new normal’ behaviour from the Left. The Greens fully support it, Labor prioritises its own self-interest to stay in power, and the Teals merely talk from the sidelines, aligning with the Greens and pressuring Labor to donate more money to UNRWA, fully aware that it ends up in the hands of Hamas.

Anyone who criticises and condemns this is labelled as far-right.

This behaviour is not about free speech or peaceful protest; it is an attack on our democracy and multicultural society and must be eradicated at its core.

I concur that it is not normal to allow your offices to be occupied and attacked for months on end. Let’s remember Anthony Albanese’s early parliamentary days when he consistently spoke out against Israel, even using a microphone to yell his pro-Palestinian chants. Show some backbone and leadership. Take a stance and address the situation.

Throwing more money at UNRWA, essentially Hamas, reshuffling your ministers, and allocating more police resources to these rallies instead of focusing on real crime while importing more terror supporters is simply encouraging a rapid decline in social cohesion.

Would he tolerate such attacks if they were against LGBTQ+ communities, First Nations people, or anyone else? Certainly not, nor should he. Permitting this is blatantly racist. This is what’s driving the need to increase the terror threat level, but we avoid calling it radical Islam to avoid being labelled as racist.

While I do not contend that terror threats can be completely eradicated, the threat could certainly be lowered if action were taken.