Australia should bolster security at Jewish events after Bondi mass terror shooting — royal commission

Mourners gather in front of tributes laid in memory of victims of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 20, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
Mourners gather in front of tributes laid in memory of victims of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 20, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Australia should bolster security at Jewish events in the wake of an antisemitic mass shooting that killed 15 at Bondi Beach last year, a high-powered inquiry finds.

Police should consider ramping up security arrangements at Jewish celebrations “that have a public facing element,” says retired judge Virginia Bell, who is leading a royal commission into the attack.

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