Overview
- More than 100 prominent executives and public figures signed an open letter calling the situation a national crisis and urging a Commonwealth royal commission into antisemitism and the events leading to the Bondi attack.
- Signatories include former RBA governors Philip Lowe and Glenn Stevens, BHP chair Ross McEwan, Woolworths chair Scott Perkins, and business figures such as Alison Watkins, David Thodey, Jayne Hrdlicka, Nicholas Moore, and James Packer.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterated his rejection of a federal royal commission, backing Dennis Richardson’s rapid review of intelligence and law‑enforcement agencies due by the end of April and pledging cooperation with an NSW royal commission.
- Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay publicly supported a national royal commission, arguing the Bondi massacre was driven by antisemitism and that only a federal probe can fully examine the deeper causes.
- Catholic Archbishop Timothy Costelloe urged a broader national inquiry with sufficient authority alongside the Richardson review, as victims’ families, two dozen Jewish organisations and more than 200 former judges and barristers press for a federal process, with some legal figures such as Robert Richter KC opposing it.