Opinion

AARON PATRICK: The former treasurer’s plea for action against anti-Jewish hate was described by a bystander as ‘one of the most important speeches in Australian history’.

DANE ELDRIDGE: It’s the spin king’s one-word sledge that is proving to be telling as the English flounder.

AARON PATRICK: The prime minister’s plan to toughen gun laws is a distraction from the harder-to-solve challenge of facing up to anti-Jewish hatred among elements of the Muslim community.

Anthony Albanese is facing his toughest political period since Labor’s resounding election win in May, or perhaps even since he first took office back in 2022.

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey pinpoints the three leaders who should fall on their swords over the Bondi massacre and explains why their failings will be exposed as a national shame.

JESSICA PAGE: The blood is on the hands of the father and son terrorists who pulled the triggers. But our leaders are culpable.

EDITORIAL: Talk of restricting gun ownership is a cop out. The Albanese Government must extinguish the wildfire of anti-Semitism which has been allowed to sweep across the nation.

DAVID FICKLING: In Australia, beaches are a sacred space where people of all walks of life meet. By committing an act of terror at Bondi, the shooters targeted our social cohesion.

SARAH STINSON: Bondi has always stood for openness and belonging. What it can stand for now is something even more important.

LISA STHALEKAR: The Poms can pledge to change their reckless ways to save the Ashes, but it is probably too late to avert a series disaster.

Ben Harvey says Australians don’t need to be lectured by politicians about being tolerant because they are – the problem is fundamentalist Muslims are refusing to meet half way.

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese’s poor leadership has resulted in a country where Jewish people live in fear of the overwhelming evil anti-Semitic terrorism that has washed ashore.

GEORGIE PARKER: The Pat Cummins-led team ranks with Australia’s best to have played despite how nostalgic we like to be about the past.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: When Anthony Albanese said the massacre was ‘beyond comprehension’ he admitted to ignoring the deadly anti-Semitism plaguing Australia.

AARON PATRICK: For much of the past two years the Jewish community was accused of exaggerating anti-Semitism for sympathy. Sunday’s terrorist attack shows the warnings should have been listened to.