Families of Bondi Beach shooting victims have urged Australia's Prime Minister to launch a royal commission— an independent public inquiry— into the "rapid rise of antisemitism", warning more lives could be lost without action.
Father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram are accused of targeting a Hanukkah event on Sydney's Bondi Beach on December 14, killing 15 people and injuring dozens in what authorities have said was an antisemitic terrorist attack.
Seventeen families, in a letter issued on Monday (December 29, 2025), called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to "immediately establish a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the rapid rise of antisemitism in Australia" and examine the "law enforcement, intelligence, and policy failures that led to the Bondi Beach massacre".
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"We demand answers and solutions," the families wrote.
