'Surplus to requirements': ex-top spy quits Bondi probe Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson has revealed the trigger for his sudden resignation from the anti-Semitism royal commission, weeks before a report is due. AAP · Mar 11
Minority groups call for protection under terror laws Terrorism laws should be applied equally but are instead unfairly used against certain races and religions, the national security watchdog has been told. AAP · Mar 9
Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims The Guardian - AU · Mar 3
Passport law overhaul urged to stop 'ISIS bride' cohort The opposition has called for passports to be refused for Australian women and children in a group with links to former Islamic State fighters. AAP · Feb 21
Strong winds overturn boats in Hobart – As it happened All the day’s news as it unfolded The Guardian - AU · Feb 21
‘Inhaled with my groin’: The Australian’s Wuthering Heights review makes a splash Reviewer Nikki Gemmell gives an enthusiastic five stars, meanwhile job cuts at the Oz are starting to show. Plus: Asio’s email fail The Guardian - AU · Feb 13
Two Chinese nationals charged over alleged spy ring More arrests related to foreign interference have been made by Australian Federal Police with three Chinese citizens accused of spying on a Buddhist group. AAP · Feb 11
Shadow attorney general says it would be unacceptable to ‘effectively knife’ first female Liberal leader – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Feb 10
Bondi shooters went 'dark to stay off the radar': ASIO ASIO admitted it cannot stop every terrorist or catch every spy but has stood by an early assessment of one of the Bondi shooters that cleared him as a threat. AAP · Feb 10
Why did it take 9 days to declare the Perth bombing attempt a terrorist attack? Nine days after it happened, police have declared an alleged attempted bombing at an Invasion Day rally in Perth an act of terrorism. The Conversation · Feb 5
Terrorism charge laid over alleged attempted bombing at Invasion Day rally in Perth WA premier Roger Cook says police allege the act was motivated by a ‘hateful, racist ideology’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 5
Invasion Day terror accused sought 'pro-white' material A man accused of trying to bomb an Invasion Day rally was motivated by racial hatred, police allege, as they defend belatedly declaring it a terrorist act. AAP · Feb 5
Why Hasn’t The Perth Invasion Day Bomb Been Labelled A Terrorist Incident? The Delay, Explained "None of us can see a way that this is not a terrorist attack." Pedestrian.tv · Feb 4
Sadness, fear and mistrust in Perth’s Indigenous community after Invasion Day bomb scare: ‘It’s really heavy for our mob over here’ The incident is now being investigated as a ‘potential terrorist act’ but First Nations people say they are left feeling like ‘it’s not a big deal if it happens to Black people’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 29
The Guardian - AU · Jan 28 Perth Invasion Day rally bomb incident investigated as ‘potential terrorist act’, police say Federal police flag further changes possible after footage released of alleged bomb being thrown
The Guardian - AU · Jan 21 Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offence under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens claim Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke say the laws are needed to protect Australians – particularly the Jewish community
AAP · Jan 20 Trigger pulled on gun buyback as laws pass parliament Gun reforms that Labor says would have banned the two Bondi shooters from owning firearms have passed parliament with support from the Greens.
AAP · Jan 14 Neo-Nazis surveilled after hate laws prompt disbanding Proposed hate speech laws drawn up in response to the Bondi massacre have led to the disbanding of one of Australia's most prominent neo-Nazi groups.
AAP · Jan 13 Jewish groups push to scrap hate speech law exemptions Coalition members and Jewish groups have come out against proposed hate speech laws drawn up in response to the Bondi massacre.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 13 Neo-Nazi group claims it will disband before Labor’s hate speech legislation is brought to parliament Asio chief given powers to recommend organisations be proscribed as hate groups under Labor’s new laws
The Guardian - AU · Jan 8 Albanese announces royal commission after Bondi attack as he defends not calling inquiry earlier Prime minister confirms commission on antisemitism and social cohesion after initially resisting demands for a broad national inquiry
The Guardian - AU · Jan 2 Anthony Albanese insists his short, sharp review into the Bondi attack is enough. What can it examine and what is off limits? Dennis Richardson will investigate the actions of security agencies and federal police. But critics argue only a royal commission can address the wider issue of antisemitism
The Conversation · Dec 22, 2025 View from The Hill: Has Albanese misjudged the public mood or is he fearful of a royal commission? Anthony Albanese’s resistance to calling a national royal commission in the wake of Bondi is nearly impossible to comprehend.
AAP · Dec 21, 2025 Review slammed amid calls for major probe into massacre An inquiry into security agencies following the Bondi massacre is not good enough when a federal royal commission is needed, the opposition says.
The Conversation · Dec 21, 2025 Australia’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be reviewed post Bondi Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies are to be reviewed, in the Albanese government’s latest response in the wake of the Bondi tragedy.