Opinion

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.

This was an attack not only on Australia’s Jewish community. This was an attack on Australia, on Australian values and Australia’s most cherished freedoms. This was terror.

JENI O’DOWD: I was at home, happily watching TV and drinking wine when I received a sickening text from my teenage daughter who’d gone to Bondi Beach for the day.

JUSTIN LANGER: I’ve always believed that true greatness isn’t just measured by what you achieve on the field, but by how you handle life’s moments when the scoreboard isn’t in your favour. 

BEN HARVEY: The travel payment system is generous for one avoidable reason. If we addressed it, the Anika Wells saga would be a thing of the past.