Premier Chris Minns and the state’s top cop have vowed authorities will find and punish perpetrators who tried to set fire to an inner Sydney synagogue as they condemned sections of the community responsible for protecting suspected offenders….

Police from the counterterrorism unit are leading the investigation into two unidentified offenders who spray-painted swastika symbols on Newtown Synagogue before using a clear liquid to ignite a fire which burnt itself out within minutes on Saturday. On Friday, the Southern Sydney Synagogue in Allawah was vandalised with antisemitic graffiti, including swastikas and a reference to Hitler….

The attack comes a month after a Melbourne synagogue was firebombed, also with the use of what Victorian police described as a liquid. The blaze gutted the building, leaving charred ruins, a tangle of wiring and a collapsed roof.