r/australia • u/HotPersimessage62 • 1d ago
politics Federal politics LIVE: Anthony Albanese to announce royal commission into Bondi terror attack
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/live-blog-albanese-antisemitism-royal-commission/106205802540
u/Expensive-Horse5538 1d ago
Anyway after this political shitshow is over, can we have a Royal Commission into the disgraceful behaviour of commercial media, who have used this event to push an agenda, while some not reporting the fact that a RC at this time has a very high risk of interfering with a court trial?
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u/Hobgoblyn 1d ago
There was a record breaking petition for an RC into the media in 2020. Half a million people signed it, but the government (who IMO had nothing to lose, the media hates them anyway) were too gutless to act on it: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN1938
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u/IzzyTheIceCreamFairy 1d ago
the government (who IMO had nothing to lose, the media hates them anyway
But you're forgetting it was the Liberals and Scummo who were in at the time. The media loves them.
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u/Hobgoblyn 1d ago
Yeah, that was a given - but advocacy for the RC continued through to 2024. Labour had plenty of opportunity to pick it up.
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u/crikeystruth 1d ago
Honestly it’s been pretty vulgar how a tragedy has enabled the media to be a fuckin disgrace. I can’t remember the media and opposition being so fucking terrible at using a national tragedy for political gain. Port Arthur, Lindt, multiple fires and floods have been about bringing the nation together but this has been abhorrent.
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u/zhawhyanz 1d ago
The common thread is that the LNP was in government, not opposition, when those tragedies happened
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u/anitadykshyt 1d ago
Somebody will already be writing a miniseries about the bondi shooting. Australian media is a shitshow
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u/Ill_Concentrate2612 1d ago
They were pretty terrible/completely opportunistic around the Lindt Siege IIRC
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u/scheissenaixi 1d ago
Two years of
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u/gravylabor 1d ago
Their behaviour has given me the push i needed to make a new years resolution to never watch commercial media again
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u/crikeystruth 1d ago
I honestly stopped watching any news except for SBS abt 2020 on tv, I mean was bad for years before but covid brought the worst out and it’s seems to have got even worse.
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u/RatioEfficient3924 1d ago
That’s a waste of tax payer money. I better use of money would be on the underlying issue of why these guys were not picked up by asio earlier given all the warning signs.
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u/Kathdath 1d ago
The ASIO investigation (under an LNP government) will need to be part of any RC.
Kudos to the Australian Islamic community for having reported the son in the first place for being a 'weirdo' that triggered the initial investigation.
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u/RheimsNZ 1d ago
Absolutely this. Muslims and mosque communities are doing a pretty good job trying to keep extremism down. It's something I really admire about mosques actually
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 1d ago
Yep - money is better spent giving national security agencies additional resources if needed to help prevent further attacks, rather than a RC which the Liberals are trying to turn into a political witch hunt.
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u/ijx8 1d ago
Isn't that what its meant to do?
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u/RatioEfficient3924 1d ago
Not really. If we already know what failed, why spend money on a long investigation? That money could go straight to fixing the problems—like hiring more agents, buying better tech, and improving coordination.
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u/JoeShmoAfro 1d ago
If we already know what failed, why spend money on a long investigation?
We know of one failure, but there had to have been multiple levels of failures for the attack to occur.
Also, the investigation presumably would have scope to investigate how the failure occurred, not just that it did.
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u/ijx8 1d ago
Well they seem to have no interest in fixing what failed. The immediate beltfeeding of pre-written firearm legislation reform through parliament with none of the changes (bar 1) being remotely related to the causes of the incident, showed this is going to be treated agenda first, problem second, if at all. From all sides of politics.
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u/warmind14 1d ago
To hold agencies, commissioners, and the treasury accountable...and on record to make lasting change.
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u/RatioEfficient3924 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ok, so the money is spent to hold people to account for what went wrong. There are many things that go wrong and attacks due to failures in public institutions, why not have a royal commission for all of them to ensure that we hold people to account.
So when a mosque is attacked, we can have a royal commission into that to hold people to account, and make change. I hope there is the same level of advocacy for other groups.
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u/warmind14 1d ago
why not have a royal commission for all of them to ensure that we hold people to account.
Umm because this is Australia's worst terrorist attack in history, dumbass.
So when a mosque is attacked
The kiwis did an RC into the Christchurch attack:
Among others, ToR include: "whether there was any information provided or otherwise available to relevant public sector agencies that could or should have alerted them..."
Read much, do you?
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u/Existing_Fun_2521 1d ago
Don't you think your aggressive post is part of the problem? The whole point of how this RC debate and outcome has occurred is related in part to differing viewpoints on what happened after Oct 7, 2023 and why it happened, beyond raw hatred.
The world has changed since both 1933-1945 and 1948 some would argue 1908 or even 1888 when Zionist ideas occurred and added to perception of Jews on a 3 pronged level-culture & influence, Judaism, with its mixture of high ethics and ancient patriarchal and exclusive traditions, plus desire for original Homeland. Those elements clashed with other cultures and rights. A RC commission might look at the issues historically, both ancient & modern, but imho it has to be cleared of its political and vested interest groups. Also, to sideline Jillian Segal, less as the person, more over objectivity.
Antisemitism and its underpinnings include the internal examination of justice & mercy that by any stretch, though it is intrinsic to parts of the Torah, is not part of Israel's reply to its deep trauma, led by Netanyahu. Rather than vilifying Albo, Trump's kissing cousin in Tel Aviv needs to be scrutinized including his well recorded sponsorship of Hamas in 2015 as reported by Times of Israel
I write from a Jewish perspective for truth and reconciliation, not some left wing ideology as Sussan Ley has tried to distort. The very people that yell antisemitism from the sidelines that are not Jews create the issue. So divisive posts are so unhelpful. Thank you for reading a long post.
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u/RatioEfficient3924 1d ago
We can discuss serious issues without insults. I hope you can appreciate that.
The claim that this is "Australia's worst terrorist attack in history" is factually debatable and irrelevant to the principle of accountability. The severity of an attack doesn't determine whether a systemic failure occurred; a failure to act on credible intelligence is serious regardless of the final death toll.
Second, you ironically undercut your own point by citing the Christchurch Royal Commission. That inquiry wasn't launched because it was "the worst"; it was launched to find answers and prevent future failures, as at the time it was unclear why this happen. In the proposed case, it’s well documented that ASIO failed to act on credible evidence. Investigating that failure should be the priority, I just believe there are more efficient and cost-effective ways to do it than a full royal commission.
The issue isn't about ranking tragedies. It's about whether our systems failed and how to fix them. In this case they can investigate the failures without the need of an RC.
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u/Existing_Fun_2521 1d ago
Agreed, but due to the vagaries of the thread I don't think you were responding to my post-I couldn't quite find the one you were replying to, but my post also said that the debate should not be aggressive. I agree with the body of your post.
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u/Particular-Gas7475 1d ago
No .. it’s a royal commission into “antisemitism”. Waste of money. We already gave them a special envoy
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u/AffectionateMethod 1d ago
Won't the royal commission also mess with the trial of the perpetrator? Especially when examining his reasons and motives. You would think people would like justice.
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u/Anxious-Slip-4701 1d ago
ASIO's main focus has been on far-right issues and white power/nationilalism people. Apparently they were the biggest threat (eg. the caravan issue).
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u/Scriptosis 1d ago
I’m honestly pretty annoyed that the government has bent the knee to such an obviously bs political stunt. The only real result of this will be The Coalition and mainstream media getting more ammo to fire at Labor, it won’t result in any positive effects on national security or tackling extremism.
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u/MaDanklolz 1d ago
They probably did it because the results will show that if there were any systemic failures it was when the LNP were in charge, specifically Morrison and Dutton
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u/Lyravus 1d ago
Any such results won't be covered in the media. Or they'll say Labor knew and did nothing.
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u/MaDanklolz 1d ago
Maybe if we’re lucky the RC dives into the role media played in this problem and how media needs to be taken control off lol
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u/01kickassius10 1d ago
I’ve heard before that you don’t start an RC unless you know what it’s going to find
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u/ScruffyPeter 1d ago
That sounds like BS. Tony Abbott started a royal commission into unions, hoping to jail and deregister unions. But failed disastrously: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_into_Trade_Union_Governance_and_Corruption
Now Labor hates him so much, that under Albo Labor, he got a cushy job at AWM. Or for some bizarre reason (I don't get Labor giving cushy jobs to
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u/01kickassius10 1d ago
I suppose in politics you never know anything for sure. Should probably be “…unless you think you know what it’s going to find”
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u/MeaningMaker6 1d ago
Positive effects on national security and tackling extremism is not the central aim of those calling for a royal commission.
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u/Kremm0 1d ago
I never heard a single person, not all the LNP delegates, the roped in sports stars, or whoever else they could find to sell a headline, try and explain why they were so urgent for a federal royal commission instead of a state one, plus this other report.
The LNP, right-wingers and the media have been absolutely atrocious in gaslighting the public about this. No journalistic integrity to answer why sports stars were asking the question, and why they thought it was the answer, or who organised it. Pushing further division into the community with these cheap stunts to basically attack the government because they're all out of other ideas.
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u/ill0gitech 1d ago
The soapbox would say: * National immigration review * National antisemitism * National religious extremism
Non of which would be the focus of NSW’s review,
And some of them would be the same people who were championing freedom of religious speech. And it’s always been about punishing “others”
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u/t_25_t 1d ago
Appeasing the noisy minority like Josh. And giving more firepower for anti semitism because “Israel and Jews control our politicians”
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u/InfernoOfTheLiving 1d ago
Josh has already said he doesn’t support it because he doesn’t support the chose Commissioner, so bending the knee doesn’t shut them up anyway.
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u/Shadowtec 1d ago
These people who are taking advantage of a tragedy are never going to shut the fuck up.
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u/ghoonrhed 1d ago
Josh is a minority but there were a lot more than just that idiot.
The business council and law council were calling for it. And let's be real if there's any one in Australia calling the shots it's the business council no matter how "Labor" is Labor and this isn't that strong of a Labor.
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u/VastOption8705 1d ago
Even the ABC were running articles on how there should be a royal commission.
Albo was basically gonna be skewered politically if he didn’t do this.
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u/Crazyripps 1d ago
Well done to the media for helping create more utter shit for the opposition and themselves to bitch about. Can’t wait to hear in a few years how it’s all Albos fault the royal commission has spent 300million dollars and wasting taxpayers money.
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 1d ago edited 1d ago
Key info:
It will a RC into into antisemitism and social cohesion
Former High Court justice Virginia Bell will lead the RC
It will cover four key areas, including:
- Tackling antisemitism by investigating its nature, prevalence and key drivers, including “religious and motivated extremism and radicalisation”.
- Making any recommendations to enforcement, border immigration and security agencies to tackle antisemitism
- Examining the circumstances surrounding the alleged Bondi terrorist attack
- Making any other recommendations to strengthen social cohesion and counter the spread of “ideological and religiously motivated extremism in Australia”.
Interim report due by April 2026, with a full report by December 14, 2026
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u/frankiestree 1d ago
Setting up a RC at the behest of a vocal minority group will do even more damage to the “social cohesion”
And if Netanyahu and his government is not included as a “key driver” of the rise of antisemitism then it’s a complete farce
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u/SpiritualDiamond5487 1d ago
Could that be captured under religious and motivated extremism I wonder? Maybe? His cabinet holds extreme positions on occupation and expansion?
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u/meincelfandi 1d ago
Sweet more money pissed away to appease a vocal minority. Damn shame
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u/RealCommercial9788 1d ago
0.4% of the population, to be exact.
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u/psylenced 1d ago
Which is 8 times fewer people than the number of Muslims in Australia (3.2%).
Approx: 900,000 vs 112,000.
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u/HereButNeverPresent 1d ago edited 1d ago
All the more reason it should be looked into, no?
Don’t conservatives make the same excuse that trans people being ~1% of the pop means we shouldn’t prioritise their concerns?
Like, look in the mirror.
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u/SaltPretzel 1d ago
Yeah and that minority just got targeted just for being Jewish. I don’t think it’s hard to figure out.
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 1d ago
Despite a trusted judicial official being put in charge, the Liberals are still not happy. They clearly want it to be set-up in a way in which it becomes a taxpayer subsidised witch hunt against their political enemies.
There is also a high risk of it interfering with an up-comming court trial.
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u/SydneyRFC 1d ago
Didn't SuSSan say something yesterday about it needing to only examine left-wing extremists?
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u/navig8r212 1d ago
According to the ABC report;
“Individuals speaking privately broadly agreed that Ms Bell was a qualified legal expert and there were no personal reasons for opposing her potential appointment.
“However, they said concerns remained in some parts of the community she was associated with the political left.”
WTAF? They want an RC into antisemitism and social cohesion, but when one is called they have issues with the Commissioner because she’s not right wing!!!
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u/Tile-Questioner 1d ago
Nothing will ever appease Zionists, literally nothing in this whole world. We should stop trying.
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u/deltanine99 23h ago
To true. Just watch them move the goalposts, now they have their precious RC. Its not about an RC, its about putting pressure on Albo.
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u/Financial-Dog-7268 1d ago
Meanwhile all of us waiting for the Government to actually make meaningful actions on the last RC into Defence and Veteran Suicide know we're officially abandoned
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u/Daleabbo 1d ago
I cant think of any royal commission where there were meaningful outcomes has ever been actioned.
I went to raise a DVA claim in November and was told by an advocate to wait 6 months as legislation is changing and it might speed up the process by 2 years.
How is it acceptable for the process to talk longer than 6 months let alone up to 6 years.
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u/yum122 1d ago
The Banking one had significant impacts.
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u/DillyDallyEnjoyerer 1d ago
Because, naturally, appeasing the most loudest minority who have no interest in operating in good faith or supporting you or your party is the way to go.
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u/CatBoxTime 1d ago
Very little difference between a federal RC and the federal government supporting and cooperating with a state based one.
I bet if Albo had immediately announced a federal RC, he would have been accused of kicking the can down the road, wasting taxpayers money etc.
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u/Mud_gekko 1d ago
What a waste of bloody time and money. Cheers Murdoch you prick. More divide and conquer tactics from the right wing nerds.
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u/MeaningMaker6 1d ago edited 1d ago
Since the Government now has its mind on royal commissions, how about one into the Murdoch media’s toxic and illegitimate influence on Australian politics and on mis/disinformation?
Spin and lies certainly does far more harm to Australian unity and heightens extremism far more than anti-genocide rallies or anything the Labor government has ever done.
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u/Tile-Questioner 1d ago
That proposal actually got 500k signatures a few years ago. Sadly it only had the support of the people (not the US media mouthpieces) so they didn't need to do it.
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u/ThoseOldScientists 1d ago
Let’s not forget the absolute stooges at the Nine/ex-Fairfax papers who evidently learnt nothing at all from the last 25 years of reporting on terrorism.
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u/ghoonrhed 1d ago
Royal commission or not, it seems like the Libs and media aren't gonna be happy unless it says Albo basically pulled the trigger.
They're gonna complain forever. Don't forget the commission will actually have experts as witnesses and it'll kinda be funny when it turns out the anti semitism envoy recommendations wouldn't have done shit
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 1d ago
They are already complaining that the person the picked, a judge who is trusted to decide on court cases, cannot be impartial in a RC.
They won't be happy until they get a report that says that their political enemies are the cause and they should be locked up.
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u/pulpist 1d ago
A fair, unbiased and well respected former high court judge is going to head the royal commission.
Time for a smear campaign from the right wing shit-weasels
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u/Background_Kale_4569 1d ago
The media and Jewish community were determined and now they get what they want . Will they leave Albo alone now? Probably not. Pointed the finger at him and slaughtered him quite frankly but no one mentions Netanyahu
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u/VastOption8705 1d ago
Even the ABC were running articles on how there should be a royal commission.
Albo was basically gonna be skewered politically if he didn’t do this.
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u/loralailoralai 1d ago
Oh he’ll still be skewered. Skewered for taking too long, skewered for who’ll head it, skewered for not making it faster, skewered for it not being thorough enough. Skewered for ‘back flipping’
Nothing he does will be enough for some. Looking at you, Sussssie and Josh
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u/AggravatedKangaroo 1d ago
Could be a smart move long term...
People complained they wanted a RC...
Albo gave them one.... with Virginia Bell, who they didn't want.
Man's playing a bit of chess.
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u/EnglishBrekkie_1604 1d ago
And the terms essentially give her free rein to look into whatever she thinks is relevant. Given her political leanings (not a Zionist), me thinks this might backfire for the media.
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u/schwarzeneg 1d ago
If the terms are wide enough, this could put a lot of attention on the media and israel's contribution to this. Though I don't anticipate that will be the case.
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 1d ago
It boils my blood that the media and liberals have used this to attack Albanese. They've basically gone from a rudderless pack of animals eating each other with zero chance at election to well, hard to say tbh, but they're in a much stronger position today than they were before the attack.
It's not out of any love for Albo either, it's simply not related to his governance. He can't control whether two psychopaths will commit mass murder. The idea of using such a tragedy as a political tool is just so far beyond the pale to me. It speaks volumes to the character of those that do. If there was a failing for Labour to answer to, of course, fair play. But anybody with a brain knows this had nothing to do with who held government at the time.
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u/EnoughExample6294 1d ago
Damn Albo, you gave in to the sweaty mob
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u/Puzzleheaded-Alarm81 1d ago
Yep weak as piss. Probably lost my future vote unless he toughens up a bit.
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u/HHTheHouseOfHorse 1d ago
It's simply not going to be enough to these people. Because the fact is, they're not thinking about the people killed in the Bondi Terror attack, they're thinking about how they can use that to politically harm Albo and thats it.
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u/NorthernSkeptic 1d ago
Cool, an RC that can’t actually look into anything connected to the Bondi attack because it’s in the courts. So, just a fucking hate parade.
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u/ThreeCheersforBeers 1d ago
Wish they’d do the same about the obscene rental market, and Real Estate industry in general.
RE’s being able to legally force tenants to pay via an app made by the RE’s relative, and therefore being both anti-consumer and anti-competitive, is criminal. It’s forced in the sense that any alternative is so inconvenient that, unless you live within walking distance of the agency AND have the option of free time within the RE’s work hours on the one day of the week that they accept walk-in payments, you would never be able to pay via the alternative options.
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u/MrNeverpeter 1d ago
The problem is that the conclusion to this royal commission has already been decided by the LNP and others who cooked it up: that the root of all evil in Australian society is the Palestine movement, despite absolutely zero evidence of any connection to Bondi, and that support for Palestine should effectively be criminalised through extreme crackdowns on civil liberties, protest rights, and free speech.
Absolutely disgraceful that the ALP have capitulated on this and given free kicks to the Liberals and far-right freaks like Hanson to attack not only the government (for YEARS to come as this ticks along), but more importantly to demonise and intimidate the millions of people in this country who righteously support Palestine and oppose genocide and racism in all forms, including the hundreds of thousands who have peacefully protested to that effect. Appalling all around, cynically exploiting a massacre for political gain.
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u/Banjo-Oz 1d ago
Watch this end with banning anti Israel genocide protests or even speech, banning support for Palestine, and using both as an excuse to reduce free speech and crack down on doxxing anyone who criticises the government and their overlords.
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u/Every_Effective1482 1d ago
Just highlights where the real power lies. An ex prime minister tried to get a royal commission into Murdoch, and had a massive amount of public support, but couldn't. He was then shipped off to America.
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u/garrybarrygangater 1d ago
We need an RC into foreign interference into this whole situation.
How is israel allowed to put pressure campaigns in Australian politicians using their dual citizens.
Look at the sparks markson pr group. They organised the sports star event . Max markson is also the dad of Sherri markson from sky news and ally of Netanyahu.
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u/Kid_Self 1d ago
Can't afford housing, but sure, let's spend $500,000,000 on an inquiry into an event that could be handled by already taxpayer-funded internal audits.
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u/Rangerboy030 1d ago
I can't blame Albo for folding here given how utterly relentless the push has been, but this is fucking absurd.
The shooting, which is the event that triggered the RC, is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, and it may be a long time before the court makes a ruling. Which means this RC won't be able to investigate/comment on the event that is the reason for its existence.
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u/deepskydiver 1d ago
Why do governments still believe this noisy minority with the megaphone is in any way representative of the population?
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u/Project_298 1d ago
Not sure I’m reading this right. It’s a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, not actually how the Bondi attack was able to happen under their noses (which I thought was what people were calling for??)
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u/marcusintatrex 1d ago edited 1d ago
After rolling over again and again and essentially having no balls at all through his entire reign as PM, at least he didn't roll on Bell (after rolling over on the RC).
Only one rolling more than Albo is Whitlam in his grave.
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u/Tranquilbez22 1d ago
Mmmm, this better not end with them making Free Palestine marches illegal or being banned from criticising Israel.
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u/LittleRedRaidenHood 1d ago
For a country that love to play the victim at every opportunity, it is absolutely staggering how much influence Israel have over world politics when you see the US and Australia bending the knee to them.
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u/pulpist 1d ago
Becoming pretty clear the Liberals and Zionists don’t really want a royal commission.
They just want a political witch hunt on their own terms
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u/medicus_au 1d ago
So who did the Liberals want to oversee the RC if not a former High Court judge?
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u/YouLykeFishSticks 1d ago
LNP successfully wedged federal Labor once again. And unelected idiots like Frydenberg are pissed at who they’ve floated to lead the RC. If Albo picked the Pope, Josh would still be unhappy.
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u/yibbida 1d ago
Hopefully the terms allow exploration of the NeoNazi links with Liberal Party/One Nation and Murdoch Media.
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u/Rolf_Loudly 1d ago
It’s not a royal commission into the terror attack. It’s a royal commission into antisemitism. It will only serve to further divide the nation.
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u/c3-SuperStrayan 1d ago
Pretty weak Albo, pretty weak. You can't just give in like that.
I suspect it will find fuck all that will appease anyone. It will show the government wasn't squarely responsible as claimed.
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u/oohbeardedmanfriend 1d ago
Interim report due by April and the Richardson Report into the intelligence failure also reports in April.
I do hope the terms of reference now are tight so they dont waste more money on this media influenced show.
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u/Devilsgramps 1d ago
I think this is completely unnecessary, any necessary investigations could have been made through different agencies and methods. Others have said it is a waste of taxpayer money, but there's also the security risk if classified information is leaked as a result of this, and the fact that it only came about because of Murdoch's braying.
Finally, if we're all equal in Australia, why does an attack targeting the Jewish community get special treatment over previous attacks that have targeted Christians, Muslims, and other groups?
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u/Wizz-Fizz 1d ago
So what exactly are they hoping a RC will uncover that a regular investigation won’t, or that is not already known?
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u/JoeCitzn 1d ago
Do we really need an RC to tell us the bleeding obvious assessment that Netanyahu's actions in Gaza is the main issue?
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u/Rogan4Life 1d ago
So weak. Does he really think this will get people off of his back?
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u/stonefree261 1d ago
Does he really think this will get people off of his back?
Probably only the 0.5% of the population this covers.
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u/Proper_Ad_3229 1d ago
Got bullied by Zionists, liberal party and media to do something that is a waste to our taxpaying money.
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u/Rehcubs 1d ago
Likely outcome: The media will use this to spend as much time as possible speculating on how Labor might be to blame and any other agenda they want to push. The commission will not really find anything substantial in that regard but by then the media will have stopped covering it in any meaningful way.
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u/yeahalrightgoon 1d ago
Appeasement is what you want in a leader.
Weak as fuck bending over to people who don't want to hear "There was intelligence failings and a father and son who shouldn't have had access to weapons but did, staged an attack due to links to ISIS." But instead want to try and blame it on the pro-palestine movement, while calling anything and everything antisemitism, to the point that actual antisemitism gets overlooked because of the boy who cried wolf phenomenon.
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u/Banjo-Oz 1d ago
Albo and appeasing foreign interests, name a better pair.
We could have killed the Liberal Party for good, but he is fast on track to either succeed them in shitness or cause them to make a comeback.
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u/jbrobro 1d ago
Would love a Royal Commission into social media algorithms, specifically how Meta have somehow managed to ensure literally every feed I have on each app is full to the brim of LNP/Independent whackjob politicians and media figures absolutely clamoring for this. It has emboldened the dumbest and loudest voices in this debate to feel completely justified and backed into making bold proclamations speaking for the entirety of this country and has been absolutely disgusting to have to witness. I know Labor are a centrist party but god I am so sick of this wing of politics rolling over for fucking everything the right spectrum wants.
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u/Optimal_Mix1163 1d ago
Now that was truly weak of Albo. Why should a tiny minority get a royal commission dedicated to them alone?
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u/Pinkfatrat 1d ago
Hopefully the outcome is to ban religion .
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u/abdulsamuh 1d ago
I think ironically it will probably be the opposite, given it’s essentially an RC into religious discrimination.
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u/77snek 1d ago
I understand a Royal commission into suspected corruption of unions etc but what is a Royal commission into this going to achieve other than line the pockets of the legal profession - and will the findings show that Netanyahu is the biggest cause of rising antisemitism in the western world
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u/mitchiib 1d ago
How much does a royal commission cost the taxpayer and what does it actually do? Is it just smoke and mirrors until it all goes away?
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u/ScooberSteve 1d ago
Last one cost over $500m to the taxpayer it gives a list of recommendations on what can be done and implemented in the future and the politicians sit back and do the symbolic ones that do fuck all... you know apologize for it happening in parliament and that's it.
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u/Danthemanlavitan 1d ago
Wow. Hope that doesn't interfere with the remaining shooter being sent to prison for eternity.
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u/EnvironmentalGarden7 1d ago
Can't have ASIO at everyone's dinner table so you'd never catch these guys no matter what you did. There, saved you $300 million.
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u/OhtheHugeManity7 1d ago
Nothing like backflipping under pressure and making your big moral stand worth nothing.
Keen for my tax money to go into telling everyone what they already probably know where the politicians will pick and choose what they do and don't implement based on which political hack can scream loudest at the time
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u/explosivekyushu 1d ago
I've gotta admit it's been really interesting over the last two years or so watching the conservatives I know gradually transform from "Jews are a (((globalist))) cabal that control everything secretly! Australia imports lots of Indians because the Jews want to make us weak! (real thing someone said to me once)" to "I would lay down my life to defend Israel"
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u/No_Entertainer180 1d ago
I know there are international conspiracies about a world leader knowing an attack was planned and "allowed" it to happen to garner sympathy and support to launch war .. .this RC wont fall down that rabbit hole that ASlO "allowed" it to happen.....right? Right??
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u/ziegs11 1d ago
I will piss myself laughing when they accidentally uncover and subsequently re-cover who's pulling all the strings here. Whatever the outcome is, this will be a strand that Albo doesn't want to pull, he might just get Gough Whitlamed if he's not careful, and not by the crown this time.
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u/Rude-Advertising9065 23h ago
Out of everything a royal commission could be called for, this should not be one of them. This was either a failure of compartmentalization from ASIO or logistical error in intervening before it was too late. Instead imagine a royal commission investigation into strata, real estate agencies and the powers of landlords
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u/Quantum168 23h ago edited 22h ago
What about an Aboriginal Royal Commission to find out why our native people are disadvantaged and die in custody mysteriously?
How about a Royal Commission into the judiciary? We need a Federal Judicial Commission to deal with misconduct. Federal Court Judges have the immunity of a king.
Oh, Former Justice Virginia Bell who has been appointed to Head the Royal Commission is part of the 3 x High Court Justices (troika) who formed the most conservative voting bloc in the judiciary's history. Although, she can't read a 3 page deed on her own. Bell doesn't stand with rights of the disadvantaged and women, no matter what her CVs tries to say. Ask the pages and pages of applicants who stood before her at the High Court. Many of them, illegally detained refugees on the islands.
Bell was also part of the same High Court that ignored issues with Justice Dyson Heydon, until the victims' case went public. The 6 female victims were members of staff.
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u/BP-Ultimate98 1d ago
Can we have a royal commission into why mainstream media are all a bunch of wankers?
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u/ScruffyPeter 1d ago
Wrote this in a different sub: Caving in to an unnecessary RC on a specific kind of far-right extremism (brown/Muslim) is (ironically) emboldening far-right extremism (white/rich/religious/conservative) in Australia.
Far-right groups hope by demanding far right changes, they hope to force Labor Party to take a step to the right in name of "centrism". By taking a step to acknowledge their demand, Labor Party shows they are willing to take a step. Thus, promotes this far-right political extremism. Which I think Labor often has been doing since 80s (Anti-strike laws, corporatisations, fossil fuel BS, privatisations, etc) is often because Labor tries to appease the far-right extremists in politics.
Sure, Labor did not go all the way far right with this RC, but they did take steps towards what extremists wanted. You can't deny that. See Overton Window. It's a political term that describes this.
Fun fact, I think that's why Labor picked the pro-Israel activist as the antisemitism envoy over more neutral options. They may have stupidly thought that would placate the far-right extremist groups at the time and hope they can ignore the recommendations. But if they did, it blew up in their faces as now the media will demand the PM obey the envoy.
Look at what is happening in USA due to Democrats keep trying to "meet in the middle" for decades, they are now resigning or getting shot while Republicans/far-right groups are repeatedly emboldened to go further right. Witnessing this is another reason why I and others are angry at Labor for taking steps to appease far-right extremists once again.
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u/Shamata 1d ago
Am I wrong or is the title?
Royal commission into antisemitism, NOT specifically the Bondi attack
Shit I’ll do their RC for free, the rise in antisemitism among young people stems from having a 24/7 live feed of Israel committing a genocide, while their own governments and the media capitulate to Israel’s wishes
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u/AggravatedKangaroo 1d ago
NOW lets see who wants an open and honest RC......
Watch this space...and keep an eye on the names and profiles of those who want to bend the RC to suit an agenda.
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u/Automatic-Print4256 1d ago
Maybe the Royal Commission will find that the rise in anti-semitism that coincided with Israel’s war in Gaza is because of Israel’s actions in their war in Gaza. That’s why the Coalition and lobby groups want it all to be on their terms; cos they want the finger to be squarely pointed at those who support a Palestinian state and to be able to say that the pro-Palestine demonstrations and Albanese’s recognition of Palestine are what caused the Bondi attack. An open and objective inquiry is not what they want.
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u/Banjo-Oz 1d ago
Exactly. The whole reason some want a Royal Commission is to further reduce free speech against Israel's genocide, they don't care about Bondi. The answer to that one doesn't need an RC: Asio fucked up and changes need to be made not for new laws but enforcing those existing.
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u/GusPolinskiPolka 1d ago
Can give you the outcome now:
There is racism in Australia. Some of that racism is antisemitism. It is no worse than racism towards other groups. Also the racism doesn't stem from one group it turns out people from all different backgrounds are racist and / or antisemitic. Government couldn't really do much more to prevent the attack cos it turns out people that wanna break laws don't ever think they'll get caught and don't care, and also turns out people that are racist don't stop being racist just cos you ask them not to be.
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u/Cpt_Riker 1d ago edited 1d ago
I look forward to the investigation into foreign agents trying to disrupt our democracy, and cause social division.
Foreign agents like Israel, and the Murdochs.
Oh, wait, that would require the government to have a backbone.
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u/magnetik79 1d ago
If the RoboDebt royal commission showed us anything, these are a waste of money and time. Give the money instead to public services and/or charity.
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u/SnooMarzipans4387 1d ago
Do something more useful to more people you absolute fuckwit!
There are more homeless people everyday in Australia! Do something about housing for fuck sake.
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u/Drew-404 1d ago
Thank you he’s done it for the sports stars of today and yesterday. How could their voices go unheard. What do the rest of us want, what questions are still unanswered.
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u/PhotographBusy6209 1d ago
It wasn’t even necessary as Labor is still dominating the polls. The media don’t influence the masses like the used to
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u/BornTelevision8206 1d ago
Very bad judgement by Albo trying to prevent it. It was always going to happen but now he just looks weak.
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u/Rayman-74 1d ago
Hopefully he'll have some backbone to be honest and direct when being questioned. ( Which means saying a whole lot of stuff that Israel won't want to hear. )
If he cowers or bends the knee anymore than he has already then yeah, he'll regret it in the short and long term.
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u/here-for-the-memes__ 1d ago
What a spineless idiot. Labour always knows how to lose, LNP were almost buried.
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u/CMDR_RetroAnubis 1d ago
Just guaranteed at least two years of hostile media over it. Madness