But\u00a0Mr\u00a0Danby said the response\u00a0did\u00a0not go far enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve been pointing to the fact that since August 2024, this socialist left government failed to pay sufficient attention to what the Director General of ASIO said,\u00a0and that is upgrade their interests in terrorism against the Jewish community.\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0told Sky News host Rowan Dean.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said warnings about threats to the Jewish community had not been properly addressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Islamist zeitgeist that they tolerated contributed to the Jihadist crazies thinking that the game was on,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms\u00a0Hughes\u00a0also raised concerns about how the government has handled the rise in antisemitism.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were absolutely in a state of denial about the rise in antisemitism,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Bondi attack, which targeted the Jewish community in December, came after Australia\u2019s terror threat level was lifted to \u201cprobable\u201d,\u00a0indicating\u00a0a heightened risk of an attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms\u00a0Hughes said the response to antisemitism has been inconsistent and has placed a burden on the Jewish community.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it’s absolutely disgraceful that the Jewish community have to consistently fund their own security force, to look after kids at preschool and people worshipping at synagogues,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said government priorities were not aligned with the level of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey honestly don’t see the protection of Jewish Australians in the same light that they see protection of those hate preachers screaming about radical Islam,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr\u00a0Danby also pointed to concerns about decision-making at the highest levels of government, including the composition of the National Security Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes no sense; \u2018Blackout Bowen\u2019 on a national security committee, my\u00a0goodness,\u201d he said\u00a0referring to Energy Minister Chris Bowen\u00a0being\u00a0part of the committee, while Director-General of ASIO Mike Burgess was at one point removed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese people are not serious.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The report notes a rise in antisemitic incidents since October 2023 and recommends closer cooperation between police and community security groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It also calls for improved planning for major events and more regular threat briefings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms Hughes said those steps are necessary but do not address a key issue she feels has contributed to rising antisemitism.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice forces are sent out all over the country with these pro-Palestinian rallies that have been allowed to consistently occur, particularly since October 7,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt’s just disgraceful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The report found that existing legal frameworks did not prevent authorities from responding to the attack and did not\u00a0identify\u00a0an urgent need for legislative change.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said a stronger response is needed to deal with those promoting hatred.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere needs to be a more fundamental shift in the Australian community, that this rise in antisemitism isn’t allowed to continue and that those that wish to maintain and fester this hatred are stamped out,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether it means they’re deported or they’re\u00a0jailed\u00a0under hate speech legislation, something needs to be done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Royal Commission will begin public hearings in May, with a final report due by December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The interim Bondi report has highlighted the deep failures of Labor to address antisemitism and threats to our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[483,22,21,4702,2814,4705,4706,4704,4703],"class_list":{"0":"post-3506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-anthony-albanese","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-austrlia","11":"tag-bondi-report","12":"tag-bondi-terror-attack","13":"tag-chris-bowen","14":"tag-hollie-hughes","15":"tag-michael-danby","16":"tag-rowan-dean"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}