Australian opposition leader decries ‘clear failure to keep Jewish Australians safe’

15 December 2025, 2:58 am

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Australian Opposition Leader Sussan Ley speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on May 13, 2025. (Saeed Khan / AFP)

Australian Opposition Leader Sussan Ley calls out a “failure” to keep Jews safe following the deadly terror shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which killed at least 15 people.

“We have seen a clear failure to keep Jewish Australians safe. We have seen a clear lack of leadership in keeping Jewish Australians safe,” she says, according to local reports. “We have a government that sees antisemitism as a problem to be managed, not evil that needs to be eradicated.”

The leader of Australia’s Liberal Party adds, “Everything must change from today in how governments respond,” calling on the government to fully adopt the recommendations from a government report on antisemitism.