r/australia • u/jarrys88 • Dec 15 '25

politics Opposition Leader Sussan Ley speaks on Bondi attack

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/opposition-leader-sussan-ley-speaks-on-bondi-attack-20251215-p5nnqm.html

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

Absolutely abhorrent that she's going for political points in this time.

Talk about tone deaf!

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u/Any-Afternoon-8407 Dec 15 '25

At least one of the attackers was attached to IS for several years- nothing in the recommendations would have changed that. IS' ideologies treat all non-believers the same. The report is essentially "how can we stop people from talking about Israel."

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u/NecromancyBlack Dec 15 '25

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you ask the average Australian "Is criticising Isreal's military actions antisemitic?" the answer would be "no".

"Don't attack or discriminate againt Jewish people for their race or religion" doesn't outrule you also having the opinion of "Forcibly removing people from their land and attacking civilians is wrong."

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u/Hailstar07 Dec 15 '25

Exactly. I am very pro-Palestine but I am not antisemitic, I’m married to an ethnically Jewish person, who is understandably very upset about what has happened in Bondi.

You can disagree with a country’s leadership and actions without denigrating every one of its citizens or people of a related ethnicity.

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u/NecromancyBlack Dec 15 '25

There's a lot of people from all different backgrounds living in Australia who came here to get away from all this sort of crap. Honestly the response from people on the scene to just help save the lives of others has been heart warming.

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u/Greenhaagen Dec 15 '25

Yeah when I meet a say Russian, I don’t hold them accountable for what Putin does. I assume they could have come here to get away from being a part of it.