Overview
- In the first question time since the Bondi attack, Anthony Albanese said antisemitism did not begin with the 2022 change of government and that all governments should have done better.
- Albanese reiterated, “I am sorry that this occurred, and occurred on my watch,” while stopping short of apologising for the delay in calling a royal commission.
- Parliament passed the government’s gun-control package with Greens support, which will prevent non-citizens from legally owning firearms.
- The government split its omnibus bill and removed a proposed racial vilification offence; the Coalition backed other hate-speech measures after tweaks, while the Nationals abstained in the House.
- Scott Morrison attacked Albanese’s leadership, alleging a fivefold rise in antisemitic incidents under Labor and asserting policy reversals on Israel and security, with those claims reported as his assertions.