Senate debates
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Questions without Notice
Bondi Beach: Attack
2:41 pm
Sean Bell (NSW, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source
My question goes to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Minister, following the terrorist attacks in Bondi—the deadliest in our nation's history—the Prime Minister has failed to acknowledge that radical Islamic extremism was the driving ideology behind it. You cannot defeat what you won't define. The Prime Minister has muddied the waters. This refusal to clearly name the threat has allowed this threat to spread unchecked, and as a result Australians have been placed in danger. When will the Prime Minister finally concede that refusing to name radical Islamic extremism as the driver of this terrorist attack on Australians makes future attacks more likely and helps antisemitism continue to spread unchecked?
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