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Assessing Albanese's royal commission into Bondi Beach attack : Comments

By Scott Prasser, published 12/1/2026

This Bondi massacre royal commission may yet do important work. But poor preparation and political manoeuvring have already weakened its foundations.

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All the RC fudging of the truth, could have been prevented by allowing an honest and spontaneous reaction to move forward immediately after the Bondi massacre, and march towards the Western suburbs of Sydney to sort out the actual problem with the immediacy it requires.

In Iran right now, the unhappy locals faced with exactly the same problem, burn down the mosques, clapping and cheering en mass, at the achievement of an honest and practical approach demonstrated in actual time, with a workable solution to evil in their midst.
Posted by diver dan, Monday, 12 January 2026 11:25:32 AM
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I am glad that the government finally gave in to the overwhelming public calls for a Royal Commission, but I am concerned that they picked Virginial Bell to lead it. She has a reputation for left-wing judicial activism and appears not to be trusted by many prominent Jewish leaders and organisations. She also was responsible for the Brown v Tasmania decision which found an implied constitutional right of free speech which limits governments’ powers to constrain disruptive protests. This is an issue that the Royal Commission may well need to examine if it wants to consider whether the frequent demonstrations that glorify Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic State, the Iranian dictatorship and other Islamofascists contributed to the growth of antisemitism and normalisation of violence against Jews. She may be perceived to have a conflict of interest here, effectively marking her own homework.

She does, though, have a reputation for a fierce intellect and lots of relevant experience. For now, she is getting the benefit of the doubt. I hope she deserves it.
Posted by Rhian, Monday, 12 January 2026 11:51:46 AM
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“ …. doubts about the effectiveness of both NSW police and national security arrangements, and deeper concerns about the drivers of apparent antisemitism”.

Yes. But there are no doubts about the Albanese government's two years of doing nothing about the obvious. That's what Albanese doesn't want discussed.

We can't expect anything much to come of anything the Australian political class does. The country is rooted. Most Australians just don't know it. Only the very naive still think things will get better.
Posted by ttbn, Monday, 12 January 2026 12:35:28 PM
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