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Australian Government Accepts All 14 Recommendations from Royal Commission into Bondi Beach Attack
The Australian government has agreed to implement all 14 recommendations from the interim report of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism, released on April 30, 2026, following the December 2025 Bondi Beach terror attack. The report includes nine public recommendations and five confidential ones due to national security concerns.
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Australia's government has committed to implementing all 14 recommendations from the interim report of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism, released on Thursday, April 30, 2026. The report, led by former High Court judge Virginia Bell, addresses the Bondi Beach terror attack on December 14, 2025, and includes five confidential recommendations due to national security concerns.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated that a National Security Committee meeting agreed to implement all of Bell's recommendations.
The report found no urgent or immediate action needed regarding hindrances to agencies' ability to prevent or respond to the Bondi attack. It stated that no material or advice from any agency identified gaps in existing legal and regulatory frameworks that impeded law enforcement, border control, immigration, and security agencies from preventing or responding to the attack on December 14, 2025.
Bell urged the Commonwealth, states, and territories to prioritize a proposed national gun buyback scheme and an updated, nationally consistent National Firearms Agreement.
Among the public recommendations, New South Wales police procedures for Jewish high holy days should extend to other high-risk Jewish festivals and events, especially those with a public-facing element. The report also called for the Australian government to consider having National Security Committee ministers, including the Prime Minister, participate in counter-terrorism exercises along with all National Cabinet members within nine months of each federal election.
It recommended reviewing joint counter-terrorism teams in Australia and making the counter-terrorism coordinator's role full-time.
The Bondi Beach attack on December 14, 2025, occurred on the first night of Hanukkah, where two alleged Islamic State-inspired gunmen opened fire at a Jewish event, killing 15 mostly Jewish people and injuring 40 others. Sajid Akram, 50, was killed by police at the scene, while his son Naveed Akram, 24, was critically injured and later transferred from hospital to prison.
