How Each Party Responded to Labor’s Royal Commission into the Bondi Terror Attacks

Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in Australia Jillian Siegel listens to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speak to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Jan. 8, 2026. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

A day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally announced a federal royal commission into anti-Semitism and social cohesion, political leaders and community groups broadly welcomed the move but questioned why it took weeks of pressure for the government to act.

On Jan. 9, Albanese formally recommended Australia’s highest level of public inquiry be signed off by the governor-general to examine the causes behind the Bondi Beach terror attack that killed 15 people and injured 40 others.