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

The police said they were investigating whether “overseas actors” were involved in the vandalizing of synagogues and a day care center.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday the country was investigating whether recent attacks in predominantly Jewish neighborhoods were carried out by 'paid actors.'

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.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government convened a “national cabinet” with state leaders this week after a childcare centre near a synagogue in east Sydney was firebombed and defaced with an antisemitic slogan.