Now that it's official and former High Court judge Virginia Bell has been named as head of a federal Royal Commission, that story has been reframed.

Josh Frydenberg still thinks it's ‘unthinkable’, but now it seems "A growing number of Jewish leaders" are alarmed. 🙄

#BondiShootings #AusPol

Sussan Ley today referred to 'far left' neo-Nazi extremism. 😑

And wants any RC Terms of Reference approved by victim families, which ignores the distinction between being heard, and having formal decision-making power over public institutions.

Ley really is clueless.

#BondiShootings #AusPol

Australian move to fast-track new gun and protest laws
#NSWReforms #BondiShootings #PublicSafety
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAwP...

The wall-to-wall media coverage of the #BondiShootings echoes the prolonged public mourning after Princess Diana's death - transforming sorrow into spectacle, driving media clicks & ratings, boosting sales of flowers & other merchandise, and spawning opportunistic fundraising ventures.

#AusPol

The note in the metadata suggests that News Corp's editors are acutely aware of "false flag" discourse, even if it’s currently confined to fringe platforms.

And that the newsroom may be in anticipatory mode, thinking about how theories might be interpreted or weaponised.

#BondiShootings #Auspol

From the home page of The Australian, Saturday 20 December, 2025, 7:05 am ANGER IN BONDI TERROR FALLOUT LIVEBondi Beach massacre ‘Kill the lot of them’: Extremist hatred pours out of Palestine The Bondi Beach massacre has sparked an outpouring of anti-Semitic hatred in the Middle East; heroic bystander Gefen Bitton remains in critical condition in a Sydney hospital. Follow live. By Ben Packham

The Murdoch flagship doing Israel's dirty work, with inflammatory headlines & sensationalist sentiment conflating extremists in Australia with the people of Palestine.

Presumably with a view to turning public attitudes against pro-Palestinian protest in Australia.

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Blaming the government of the day just politicises tragedy for Opposition point scoring.

Prevention of low-probability, high-impact events like the #BondiShootings might be achievable with totalitarian surveillance and restrictions, but at the cost of our democratic freedoms.

There's massive pressure on the government - from the Coalition, from pro-Israel & Zionist groups, and from traumatised Aussies (Jewish & non-Jewish) - to "do something" about antisemitism, a hatred that's festered for 2000 years, and which legislation will not "cure". 😑

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The ABC needs to lift its game when interviewing traumatised people.

A Rabbi has just referred to pro-Palestinian marches as "pro-terror", "people calling for our death each week".

The ABC has a responsibility to ensure that opinion like this is not presented as fact.

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Ahmed al Ahmed Bondi Hero for Australian of The year.
Sorry to the others already nominated but he really deserves it
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People who support the Netanyahu government may agree with Israel's stance that it's OK for Israel to kill whomever it sees fit to eliminate.

But in Australia, it's not OK to shoot anyone for any reason.

#BondiShootings #AusPol

It depends on what is meant by "attacking", and the context.

Outrage at Israeli state violence is not antisemitism.

Misdirecting that outrage toward Jewish people in Australia or anywhere else is antisemitism.

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$1million is raised for hero who disarmed gunman at Bondi Beach Incredible footage captured the moment Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two, sprang on the shooter after he opened fire on Sunday night.

#Hero #AhmedEl-Ahmed #BondiShootings #Fundraiser #BondiBeach #Sydney #Australia

The Daily Mail:

$1million is raised for hero who disarmed gunman at Bondi Beach www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

10-year-old girl identified as Sydney terror attack’s youngest victim * * *

#10-year-oldChild #BondiShootings #GunViolence #Terrorism #anti-Semitism #JewishCommunity #Hanukkah #BondiBeach #Sydney #Australia

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Holocaust survivor, London-born rabbi and 10-year-old girl among victims of Bondi beach terror attack At least 16 people including one of the alleged gunmen died at the shooting in Sydney on Sunday, aged between 10 and 87

#10-year-oldChild #HolocaustSurvivor #Rabbi #BondiShootings #Terrorism

Girl age 10 ... Holocaust survivor & Rabbi among people murdered in mass shootings at Bondi Beach - Sydney, Australia:

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach A child is one of at least 15 people killed in an attack in Australia at one of the world’s most famous beaches. One of the gunman was also shot dead.

#BondiShootings #BondiBeach #Sydney #Australia #terrorism #anti-Semitism #JewishCommunity #Hanukkah

AP: Youngest victim: Age 10. Oldest victim: Age 87. Total of 15 people whose lives were taken away in tragedy in Australia:

apnews.com/article/aust...

I do not condone the murder of anyone. All lives matter.
Reactions following mass shootings tend to be polar & biased, ignoring or minimizing complex cause & effect relationships.
This is no more evident than the media response to #BondiShootings.
Ironically an article on new Gaza deaths below.

statistics.
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Opinion: Bondi shooting – 16 dead, a hero with an Arabic name, and inexcusable media commentary Just shut up, lose the dogma, and get some hard facts.

Opinion: Bondi shooting – 16 dead, a hero with an Arabic name, and inexcusable media commentary - Digital Journal www.digitaljournal.com/world/opinio... "Coverage"? More like gossip. #Australia #bondishootings #news

So instead of passing condolences for the violent act today against Jewish people in the Bondi shootings. You're choosing to criticise Jewish practices? Which you could do any day.

Shame.

#wato
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Thinking now of the people who’ve died or been wounded or traumatised. Thinking of the Bondi community. It’s all so sad and awful. #bondishootings

Lost for words, I can’t sleep #bondishootings