Businesses, homes and synagogues have been defaced with graffiti and set alight, in a series of attacks escalating in frequency and severity.

Commissioner Reece Kershaw revealed that investigators are examining whether overseas actors may be funding these attacks. Some payments might even involve cryptocurrency, complicating the investigation.

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.'

A Sydney, Australia childcare center was set on fire and vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti on Tuesday morning, in the second such incident in four days. The attack took place around 1:00am local time in the city's east, near a Jewish school and synagogue.

A western Sydney woman has been charged over her alleged involvement in an anti-Semitic attack in Woollahra last month where three buildings were graffitied and a stolen car was set alight.

A man has been arrested over an alleged arson attack at a synagogue in Newtown, Sydney. Beyond the Brick's Joshua Hanlon talks with Patrick Higgins about his LEGO movie scene models at Atlanta Brick Con 2024.