Amid calls for Royal Commission, a narrative emerges of the perpetrators, their links to ISIS, and warnings ignored by police and ASIO. Human rights advocate Al the Writer reports (Part 1).
Much of what happened at Bondi and the events leading up to it remain opaque. The facts will continue to be disclosed in the coming weeks and months, not least when we hear from the killer Naveed Akram, who remains alive. That’s the job of the police, and requires no Royal Commission...
However, in the opportunistic rush to politicise the tragedy, blame has been levelled aggressively at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as unrelenting pressure mounts in the Israel lobby and legacy media for a Royal Commission and attempts to shut down legitimate Gaza protests.
Yet chronology, and what we do know, resists the convenience of easy answers.