Australia Launches Royal Commission Into Antisemitism and Bondi Beach Shooting After Mass Casualty Attack

Government defends delay in calling royal commission

The federal opposition wants no stone left unturned in the Bondi royal commission, as the government defends its delay to call a national inquiry.

PM refuses to admit he may have made a mistake resisting royal commission

He flagged the high legal stakes of running the highest form of national inquiry alongside an active court case for the first time.

PM says he doesn't regret delay in calling Royal Commission | Midday News Bulletin 9 January 2026

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he doesn't regret the delay in calling a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack; New findings about microbes in bark that could fight climate change; And in football, an A-League player allowed to keep playing during his racism probe.

Labor’s Bondi Backflip: When Fear Trumps Justice

7 January 2026 David Tyler, Australian Independent Media Anthony Albanese didn’t choose a Royal Commission into the Bondi massacre, but he was bullied into it. The real scandal isn’t his surrender, but the cynical machinery that left him no other option. When political extortion replaces policy, nobody wins. The Hostage Prime Minister: How Albanese Was Cornered Anthony Albanese is said to be on the cusp of a belated acceptance of a Royal Commiss…

Albanese announces royal commission into Bondi terror attack

PM Albanese announces royal commission into Bondi terror attack to promote healing and investigate anti-Semitism, amid public pressure.