Albanese announces Royal Commission into antisemitism

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on January 8 the establishment of a Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in response to the Bondi terrorist attack.

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00:00Today I announce that I will be recommending to the Governor-General, in an Executive Council

00:06meeting that will be held tomorrow, that a Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social

00:12Cohesion be established.

00:15This was endorsed by a meeting of the Federal Cabinet today.

00:19This Royal Commission will cover four key areas they set out in the terms of reference

00:25that I am releasing today.

00:27One, tackling anti-Semitism by investigating the nature and prevalence of anti-Semitism,

00:34examining its key drivers in Australia, including religious and ideologically motivated extremism

00:41and radicalisation.

00:42Two, making any recommendations to assist law enforcement, border control, immigration and

00:48security agencies to tackle anti-Semitism, including through improvements to guidance

00:54and training within law enforcement, border control, immigration and security agencies,

01:00to respond to anti-Semitic conduct.

01:03Three, examine the circumstances surrounding the Bondi terrorist attack on the 14th of December

01:092025, and the work of Dennis Richardson will be central to this.

01:16And four, make any other recommendations arising out of the inquiry for strengthening social

01:22cohesion in Australia and countering the spread of ideological and religiously motivated extremism

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