Anthony Albanese has pledged action on antisemitism – but Peter Dutton is still setting the agenda | Josh Butler

The prime minister's about-face after attack on Sydney childcare centre has left him once again looking like he's playing catchup

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Anthony Albanese has pledged action on antisemitic attacks - but his decision to call a snap national cabinet meeting less than a day after rebuffing that suggestion has left him once again looking like he's playing catchup.

The prime minister condemned an arson and graffiti attack on a childcare centre in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra this week as a hate crime and vile, antisemitic violence". Scheduled to hold a press conference in western Sydney on Tuesday morning, he rerouted to the city's east instead, visiting the site of the attack and then holding a press conference with the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns.

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