The interim report from the royal commission on antisemitism, set up after the Bondi massacre, leaves hanging more questions than it answers.
Perhaps no one should be surprised. The decision to have this report was a case of putting the cart before the horse.
Initially the government planned, after the December murder of 15 innocent people at a Jewish festival, to have a quick inquiry into whether federal agencies had adequate powers, processes and communications arrangements. That inquiry was to be done by former senior public servant Dennis Richardson.
