Senate debates
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Questions without Notice
Antisemitism
2:01 pm
Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Sheina Gutnick, the daughter of Reuven Morrison, who was murdered in the Bondi terrorist attack, wrote publicly:
Australia did not fail quietly.
It failed loudly, repeatedly and with full knowledge.
Its government watched hatred grow and chose to do nothing.
They minimised it. They excused it. They dismissed Jewish warnings as noise.
Minister, those are not my words. They are the words of a victim's family member. Will the Prime Minister now say sorry and apologise to Jewish Australians for his government's failure to act decisively against antisemitism, despite repeated warnings as antisemitic incidents surged after 7 October 2023?
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