The police are seeking a man who was last seen holding hands with the 5-year-old girl on Saturday night near Alice Springs.

A Jewish security group told police an attack on the community was “likely” because of heightened antisemitism, days before December’s mass shooting in Sydney.

Dawn services for Anzac Day were disrupted in three cities. The hecklers seemed to be targeting a widespread Aboriginal custom meant to acknowledge the land’s original inhabitants.

Their troubles could cascade across Asia because they export a majority of their products.

Members of the Iranian soccer team who chose to remain in Australia this week are far from the first to travel to a competition and stay there.

Concern for the safety of the players had grown after Iranian state media criticized them for not singing the national anthem at a game in Australia.

The country and its small Jewish community are still trying to process the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in December.