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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has conceded there is “work to be done” to support public safety following this week’s revelation that a caravan filled with explosives and an address of a Sydney synagogue had been discovered in Sydney’s north-west earlier this month.

Appearing on Today with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Marles acknowledged that further work was needed to make the Jewish community feel safe, as antisemitic attacks continue.

“We are doubling down in terms of the support we are providing to our police forces,” Marles said.

“There’s an enormous amount of effort going on, and I don’t think anyone is being sanguine about the future. We are very focused on doing everything within our power to combat this and to do everything within our power to make the Jewish community feel safe.”

Dutton didn’t answer a question probing if the response to continuing antisemitic attacks had become politicised, noting instead that frustration from the Jewish community came as incidents “escalated over a period of time”.

“People predicted that there was going to be an escalation in violence … it’s predictable in the sense that people don’t know red lines, and they’ve continued to escalate,” Dutton said.

“We have to take it incredibly seriously, and you can understand why the Jewish community is really living on edge.”