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Australia PM Announces Royal Commission Into Bondi Shooting
The federal inquiry will examine antisemitism, law enforcement responses, and social cohesion after the Bondi Beach attack that killed 15, with findings due by year-end.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a Commonwealth royal commission into antisemitism and the Bondi Beach terrorist attack after Federal Cabinet approved the plan.
- Public support—illustrated by a petition with more than 86,000 signatories—helped as Jewish community groups, families of Bondi victims and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry pressed for weeks, with a News Corp poll showing 54 per cent backing.
- Virginia Bell, former High Court Justice, will head the inquiry with a final report due before December 14 this year, folding in Dennis Richardson's security review with an interim report due by April.
- Parliament is expected to return in the coming weeks to rush tougher hate-speech laws while the government works with federal agencies and Jewish community leaders on terms of reference.
- After weeks of resistance, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shifted and supported a federal royal commission on antisemitism, despite former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's backlash over Virginia Bell's appointment.
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Australia launches a royal commission to tackle anti-Semitism and terrorism after the Bondi attacks. Newcastle Rabbi Yossi Rodal welcomes the step.
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Weeks after two gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish holiday on Bondi Beach, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for a wide-ranging royal commission to investigate anti-Semitism.
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