The chief of Australia’s Imams council calls for religious leaders to be trained in Australia and warns that Islamophobia is increasing. The proposal is raised in the context of the national royal commission, where the council chief tells the inquiry that Islamophobia has risen sharply, described as a six-fold increase. According to the reports, the argument for local training is aimed at ensuring imams and related religious figures can operate within Australia’s community and legal environment while reflecting local conditions. The articles focus on the council chief’s testimony and the scale of the reported growth in Islamophobic attitudes or incidents, as presented to the commission. Across outlets, the reporting remains consistent that the push for in-country training is coupled with concerns about rising hostility toward Muslims, and that the claims about the increase are part of evidence given to the royal commission. None of the summaries provided adds additional detail on the training program itself or the specific data source behind the six-fold figure.