Opinion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese answered questions about The Voice and climate change with more passion than a query about the worst terror attack on Australian soil.

EDITORIAL: Instead of relief, the overwhelming reaction to Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Thursday was one of profound disappointment. 

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: Radical Islamic hate preachers have been allowed to operate in this country, spreading anti-Semitism under the cover of religion, and Bondi is the proof.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The veteran batter showed that nothing can replace experience, but his important cameo on day one of the third Test may not be enough to defy the inevitable.

BEN HARVEY: An impassioned Josh Frydenberg delivered an address that showed for 15 minutes he was more than an ex-politician. He was the father of the nation.

In this moment of great national need, we need accountability and reassurance that there is a pathway out of catastrophe. On Wednesday, we finally got that — not from the PM, but from Josh Frydenberg.

JENI O’DOWD: Pauline Hanson’s immigration comments resonated with many, but they missed a crucial point.

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.