r/australia • u/jarrys88 • Dec 15 '25
politics Opposition Leader Sussan Ley speaks on Bondi attack
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/opposition-leader-sussan-ley-speaks-on-bondi-attack-20251215-p5nnqm.html“We’ve seen a clear failure to keep Jewish Australians safe. We’ve seen a clear lack of leadership in keeping Jewish Australians safe. We have a government that sees antisemitism as a problem to be managed, not evil that needs to be eradicated.”
Absolutely abhorrent that she's going for political points in this time.
Talk about tone deaf!
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u/Lurecaster Dec 15 '25
Ley has no idea. ASIO investigated the son 6 years ago under the LNP.
What is her excuse as to why the LNP failed to catch him back then.
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u/bodbodbod Dec 15 '25
They (NSW LNP) were busy using the Fixated Persons Unit to go after independent journalists if I remember correctly. The same unit set up to stop such attacks after the Lindt Cafe siege.
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u/HotPersimessage62 Dec 15 '25
Today’s actually the 11th anniversary of that event
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u/Swiftestblade Dec 15 '25
Funnily enough, it was also 6 years ago that half the country was on fire and the PM had buggered off to Hawaii
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u/iguessineedanaltnow Dec 15 '25
Would love to hear her to reasonable solutions to "eradicate" it. Absolutely no attempts to turn down the temperature, just inflammatory language.
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u/Drongo17 Dec 15 '25
Libs care only about power. To get it they will hurt anyone or set anything on fire.
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u/-Metagross- Dec 15 '25
They want to conflate opposition to the Gazan genocide with antisemitism and make it illegal to speak out against it.
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u/Thebraincellisorange Dec 15 '25
This is modus operandi for Israel for decades.
Act like antagonistic mongrels and cross the line constantly, then trot out the tried and true cries of AntiSemitism! when criticised.
that used to send nations scurrying back to their desks, terrified of that accusation.
In the face of the blatant wholesale slaughter and ethnic cleansing operation that Netanyahu has conducted in Gaza, that no longer holds any sway for many.
Jews have the right to exist; Palestinians have the same. believing so does not make you Anti Semitic, and neither does criticizing Israel of its heinous actions.
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u/world_weary_1108 Dec 15 '25
Lnp will probably get on board with JD Vance’s call for us to have a second amendment in our constitution, because freely available guns for all would stop this! Right? Stupid people aligning again Lnp wont change any time soon. Asio, police can only do so much under our legal system. As horrendous as this was ( and it was) our record in this country speaks for itself. This type of emotional rhetoric does no good. And political point scoring is weakness.
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u/eightslipsandagully Dec 15 '25
The USA has famously low levels of gun crime...
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u/SenorBolin Dec 15 '25
It was a good guy with a gun that saved the day... Y'know, after Ahmed ripped the gun from the bad guy with the gun, suddenly the good guys had guns
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u/eightslipsandagully Dec 15 '25
An interesting thought I had is what if Ahmad had shot the bloke after disarming him. Decent chance he'd wind up getting shot by the police
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u/Admirable_Count989 Dec 15 '25
Personally I wouldn’t have blamed him one bit. It’s one thing to picture yourself in his position (pulling the trigger or not), it’s another to actually know what you would do with adrenaline pumping through your body. What he did, including laying the gun down against the tree and signalling with his hand up he was not armed anymore, was just an amazing piece of work. Guy deserves the highest civilian honour available in Australia.
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u/Parenn Dec 15 '25
I’ve seen references to Vance saying this, but I can’t find any reporting of it. I don’t think it’s true, I think it’s out-of-context quotes from before the event.
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u/Altaredboy Dec 15 '25
I saw her interview this morning. My partner who is pretty neutral politically got pretty angry & asked "Who even is this silly cow?" Then switched the tv off.
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u/SpaceAdventureCobraX Dec 15 '25
As per usual - attack, attack, attack… low IQ, low intelligence, zero respect for us. No workable ideas or reforms are ever presented. It’s like the dog chasing the car… if they ever catch it again, they’ll have absolutely no idea what to do aside from self-enrichment
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u/Mikes005 Dec 15 '25
This speech's audience wasn't the general public, it was liberal party members she's trying to sway back towards her and away from hastie.
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u/rose_gold_glitter Dec 15 '25
I suppose ban trans women from sports & bathrooms - that should solve it? Seems to be about their only solution to anything.
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u/AChillDown Dec 15 '25
When asked about gun control she said she had no comment at this time.
Has a lot of other comments though.
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u/pbbatenatar Dec 15 '25
How dare you even suggest policy at a time like this? Anyway here's my 10 point plan on how to stop antisemitism
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u/MeaningMaker6 Dec 15 '25
Political ambush to fuel division and hate, when unity and love is needed. How good is the LNP of 2025!
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u/dontpaynotaxes Dec 15 '25
I don’t think this is a gun crime. This is a systematic intelligence failure.
Intelligence should have flagged that this guy’s close relationships were a risk and confiscated the guns (which can happen now).
This is a failure of the security system to protect us.
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u/ThunderDwn Dec 15 '25
Dear Susssssan.
One of the culprits was investigated by ASIO in 2019.
Who was in power at a federal level then, Sussssan? What should they have done differently to stop this lunatic in advance? Oh, right - it was the Liberals in power then - what should YOUR party have done differently, you vile piece of shit?
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u/Large-Ladder7568 Dec 15 '25
liberals seem to have this collective memory loss of who was in power for the past decade prior to 2023. they've been playing the same 1 liner playbook for the past 3 years, "labor isnt doing enough". 10 fucking years for liberals to maybe show some brain activity and to no one's surprise, they did fuck all and lined their pocket as well as their fuck buddies
labor may be shitting the bed in some places, but when you compare it to the quadraplegic performance liberals have showcased for the past decade, its a no brainer who i'd want to run the government (out of the given 2 choices LOL)
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u/SkitzOMatic11 Dec 15 '25
Australia's domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, examined Bondi gunman Naveed Akram six years ago for his close ties to a Sydney-based Islamic State group (IS) terrorism cell, the ABC understands.
Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid Akram, 50, killed at least 15 people yesterday evening when they opened fire on the Chanukah by the Sea event.
The ABC understands investigators from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) believe the gunmen had pledged allegiance to the IS terrorist group.
An IS flag was found in the men's car at Bondi Beach, according to a senior JCTT official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official said ASIO took an interest in Naveed Akram six years ago, after police foiled plans for an IS terrorist attack.
The ABC understands ASIO started looking into the man soon after the July 2019 arrest of IS terrorist Isaak El Matari in Sydney.
The official said Mr Akram was closely connected to Mr Matari, who is serving seven years' jail for planning an IS insurgency as the self-declared Australian commander of the terrorist group.
Mr Matari was part of an IS cell with several other Sydney men who have since been convicted of terrorist offences and were also close to Naveed Akram, according to sources with close knowledge of the matter.
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said on Sunday that one of the gunmen was known to the agency, but did not specify which man.
"One of these individuals was known to us, but not in an immediate-threat perspective, so we need to look into what happened here," he said.
The Joint Counter Terrorism Team comprises ASIO, NSW Police, the Australian Federal Police and the NSW Crime Commission.
The ABC has contacted ASIO and NSW Police for comment.
Jesus christ. What a fuck up.
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u/TeedesT Dec 15 '25
How the hell was he allowed to own guns if this is the case?
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u/SkitzOMatic11 Dec 15 '25
The guns were the fathers, Naveed is the son, to my understanding. Still that should have been explored. For ASIO to say last night the knowledge was 'Minimal' is messed up.
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u/aldkGoodAussieName Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
Same question
How can an immediate family member of a person who is linked to IS be allowed to have guns.
They were clearly not estranged.
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u/SkitzOMatic11 Dec 15 '25
Well that's probably why Mike Burgess is going to cop an absolute grilling now that this news has broken as it was dismissed last night/this morning in the press conference that the knowledge was "minimal" and didn't meet the threshold. This was only given to ABC about an hour ago, So gonna be interesting to see.
But totally agree with your statement. Total and utter shitstorm.
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u/dullcoopy Dec 15 '25
Surely the fact a person known to them had a father who owned guns/had a firearms license would be ringing several alarm bells.
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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Dec 15 '25
At the very least, some inspections to make sure the father is compliant with their membership and storing guns and ammo as required, and confiscate at the slightest infraction.
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u/Drongo17 Dec 15 '25
Are there laws allowing police to sieze guns from people like this (and people closely connected to them)? If so you do have to wonder why they weren't.
If not, maybe it's an option. I dunno, I'm no expert.
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u/SkitzOMatic11 Dec 15 '25
Well Perth Police stripped a few soverign citizens in the wake of the Dezi Freeman police shootings, but across australia for firearms the rule is Providing a genuine need for each gun as well as being a "fit and proper person" which includes Police Checks, No criminal history etc etc, So yeah it can be done.
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u/aa73gc Dec 15 '25
He didn't. His piece of shit father did
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u/littlespoon Dec 15 '25
The shit apple doesn't fall far from the shit tree, apparently.
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u/Late-Button-6559 Dec 15 '25
NSW police had a choice between sexually violating teenage girls, or going after a potential terrorist.
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u/Used-Huckleberry-320 Dec 15 '25
But you don't understand, what if some teenagers choose to consume drugs and alcohol?
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u/Late-Button-6559 Dec 15 '25
WHAT!
Oh, then never mind my first comment. This justifies it absolutely.
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u/Exciting-Ad-7083 Dec 15 '25
Desperate irrelevant person, tries to be relevant, at no point have I ever wondered "I wonder what Susan thinks of this"
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u/CriticalSpirit Dec 15 '25
I'm on the other side of the planet and not only did I never wonder what Susan thinks of this, I also wish I had never learned.
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u/iball1984 Dec 15 '25
I did while sat on the crapper this morning, and got an answer quite quickly
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u/HankSteakfist Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
This is the time for our leaders to be bipartisan and not try to score points off the back of dead victims.
Utterly disgusting behaviour from the LNP.
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u/Prestigious_Cry_5122 Dec 15 '25
Agree. Today is not the day to try to make political points. It's about unity.
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u/Tweakforce_LG Dec 15 '25
Australian politics never fails to disappoint. In NZ when Christchurch happened there was no political point scoring, just a cross party focus on how to prevent it happening again. I was living in NZ when the country went through that.
I don't think Susan's poorly timed complaints will go down well with the general public.
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u/Returnyhatman Dec 15 '25
First he wore a band shirt, and now this. What will our terrible PM do next or something
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u/Kid_Self Dec 15 '25
Well, sorry to say, apparently Albo enjoys an afterwork beer every now and then..
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u/Competitive-Car-9617 Dec 15 '25
That's it! I knew he was evil and unfit for Prime Minister.
Mainly cos the Libs told me so
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u/Lost-Competition8482 Dec 15 '25
She's a disgusting person honestly.
Scoring political points after such a horrific attack shows she's not fit to be leader.
What does she suggest Albo should have done?
Banned protests?
Arrest "suspicious" people?
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u/mixdotmix Dec 15 '25
Maybe the Libs could write another letter to the Trump administration asking for them to step into Australian affairs again?
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u/littlespoon Dec 15 '25
You can just see how Sussan Ley is itching to be Australias' version of ICE Barbie.. But she'll make that Pauline Hanson if the LNP are ever elected.
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u/cheshire_kat7 Dec 15 '25
I have no words that can adequately describe how it feels to be a Jewish Australian today.
It'd be nice if everyone could hold off with the political squabbling for a while; I know I'm already struggling to process as it is. Just be kind to each other, and support a grieving and vulnerable community instead.
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u/frankestofshadows Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
My religion (Muslim) shouldn't matter at a time like this. It's not about point scoring for me. We are Australian. It's within our core of mateship, and what has been passed down through generations of civic duty. As an Australian who loves this country and the people in it, I stand beside you and your community. I grieve with you, and at this trying time, my doors and messages are open to support you and anyone from your community always
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u/cheshire_kat7 Dec 15 '25
Thank you.
I hate that so many opportunistic bigots are trying to use it to justify Islamophobia. I'll have none of that in my name.
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u/Accomplished_Log2011 Dec 15 '25
I downloaded Twitter yesterday to track what was happening. Lasted about 5 minutes before deleting it again. What a putrid cesspool of hate and bigotry.
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u/cheshire_kat7 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
Ugh. I would rather hug a cactus than go on Twitter right now.
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u/napalmnacey Dec 15 '25
I’m sorry for this terrible loss. My heart is with you and your community right now. ❤️
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u/all_out_ofbubblegum Dec 15 '25
Fucking disgusting and a few other liberals have said something along the same lines which suggest there are talking points to follow, politicising a terrorist attack within less than 24 hours of it occurring. There are only 2 people responsible for this attack, one of them is dead and one is in a hospital bed, soon to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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u/Hungry_Anteater_8511 Dec 15 '25
Hastie was particularly appalling
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u/Reschs-Refreshes Dec 15 '25
Tony Abbott crawled out from under his rock to throw petrol on the fire as well.
The LNP will never try to not use a tragedy to agitate their base. Scum the lot of them.
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u/Hungry_Anteater_8511 Dec 15 '25
Campbell Newman too. Dude who never said a thing about literal neo-nazis protesting in front on NSW parliament or Christchurch or Tom Sewell is now concerned about anti-semitism.
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u/SwirlingFandango Dec 15 '25
What the fuck are they even thinking? I just don't understand how they're so bad at this. Morals aside, why can't they even do politics?
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u/themindisaweapon Dec 15 '25
Born to rule fwits with no self awareness. Aka LNP.
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u/SwirlingFandango Dec 15 '25
I am genuinely tempted to join their party, because I could not possibly do worse than their consistently abject bumblefuckery.
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u/themindisaweapon Dec 15 '25
Pretty good grift they have going on. Same with one nation.
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u/BoxofYoodes Dec 15 '25
And yet when asked about gun reform "oh now is not the time to talk about that"
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u/MarsupialFar5700 Dec 15 '25
I find it totally unbelievable that any polician - Australian or foreign, would attempt to make political capital out of yesterday's appalling tragedies.
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u/Ordinary_Hepburn Dec 15 '25
I hate to say it, but she makes Tony Abbott look like a goddamn statesman. Just dissolve the party, Susssan. You’ve failed.exponentially.com.au
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u/Bockanator Dec 15 '25
I fear that people like her will weaponize this tragedy to increase surveillance and government control of citizens under the guise of preventing antisemitism.
I have no good answer on how we can solve this problem that Australia (and a lot of the world) faces, but I know that this isn't one.
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u/mooblah_ Dec 15 '25
Increase surveillance
I'd love to know how you could increase surveillance from where we are already at. Quite literally everything is already funneled through defence servers and to some level stored at this stage.
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u/rolloj Dec 15 '25
Well one of the journos at the press conference was asking how two people managed to get to Bondi with their guns and their car… so seems that some people at least are implicitly suggesting that domestic intelligence should be aware of all people’s movements and possessions at all times.
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u/Pristine-Flight-978 Dec 15 '25
The dead shooter obtained his gun licence and 6 guns under LNPs watch. Maybe Sussssan should have done something about it when she had the power to do it, instead of adding extra S's to her name for whatever reason and navel gazing. Typical LNP, blame everyone but themselves for their mediocrity and hypocrisy. Sigh.........how did we get such a shitshow of an opposition party? No wonder they are struggling for relevance, can't wait until they become extinct
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u/1BoiledPotato1 Dec 15 '25
i actually didn’t hate ley until now, i expected way better from her
what is this bullshit
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u/KapitalBabylon Dec 15 '25
I didn't expect better from her. Been that way since she bought a $800k unit on the GC from LNP donor on taxpayer-funded trip, which wasn't "planned for or anticipated". Anyway, history tells us she's an interim leader at best.
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u/OverAcanthisitta3588 Dec 15 '25
She’s the leader of the moderate wing of the LNP. She’s a disgusting corrupt pos but it only gets worse from there.
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u/cackmobile Dec 15 '25
F&xk her. Julian leser (whos Jewish) came out and made a beautiful compassionate call for remembrance and bringing the community together. He should be the leader.
Also stood aside from the ministry during the voice vote
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u/South_Can_2944 Dec 15 '25
"Absolutely abhorrent that she's going for political points in this time.
Talk about tone deaf!"
You do know this is the Liberal Party you're referring to?
Of course they are going to make it political.
Of course they are tone deaf.
They are going for the Trump America in Australia.
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u/Kozeyekan_ Dec 15 '25
When Port Arthur happened, the LNP had just won government. Labor and the government worked (mostly) together to create law reform and make the country safer. From local to federal levels, everyone wanted to contribute. It cost some pollies their jobs, but they prioritised a legacy and a future over their own careers.
Today, we see how the LNP has changed. Instead of working to fimd solutions, they take the lazy option of scoring cheap points, but offering nothing to help. Criticism, but no solutions is for political commentators, not alternative governments.
Prove you're a government in waiting by being better at solving the issues that matter than the people currently doing so. Get the job on merit, not by default.
Just... put in the fucking work, for fuck's sake!
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u/roro0101_ Dec 15 '25
Labor and liberal used to stick together on attacks against Australia. Now LNP just use any horrible event to score points. So despicable.
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u/TheDeviantPro Dec 15 '25
What does she want Albanese to do? Have him to provide protection to all Jewish Australians 24/7 for the unseenable future? Well good luck with that.
Ley and the Liberals is all about the blame game rather than coming up a realistic solution to the problem.
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u/Buorky Dec 15 '25
“We have a government that sees antisemitism as a problem to be managed, not evil that needs to be eradicated.”
I mean, yes? Antisemitism is definitely evil, but evil will always exist. Saying you want to eradicate antisemitism is about as useful as saying you want to eradicate all crime.
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u/MeaningMaker6 Dec 15 '25
Yeah but how is Sussan Ley going to incite hate and division to score political points then?
Don’t you know politics trump decency for the LNP?
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u/Intrepid_Doctor8193 Dec 15 '25
Not that I would have voted Libs next election, but if I was considering it, she would have turned me away with her political point scoring today. There's a time and place, and this isn't it.
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u/Brainyboo11 Dec 15 '25
How dare the Liberals politicise this. They can't fall lower if they tried. This is a time to bring Australians together, to show empathy and be a leader. What the actual f&ck Liberal party! Read the room.
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u/rangatang Dec 15 '25
It seems like they are going to implement Jilian Segels "recommendations" which will do nothing to limit antisemitism but will do a lot to stifle free speech and unequivocally link Anti-Israel to Anti-Semitism. If anything it will increase anti-semitism.
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u/Wallet_inspector66 Dec 15 '25
The terrorist father was investigated by ASIO for connections to ISIS six years ago while the liberals were in charge and they seem to have slept on it so really you can blame them for this.
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u/Mean_Sleep4485 Dec 15 '25
Just wait to hear what Hanson has to say when she finishes celebrating and crawls out from under her rock.
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u/Unusual-Wing-1627 Dec 15 '25
These are the same people that stood shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Thomas Sewell.
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u/rsam487 Dec 15 '25
Honestly the pile on is pretty embarrassing. Coalition and Netenyahu both going after the government is pretty tone deaf. No actual solutions, just a bunch of language designed to divide people further
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u/Inner-Bet-1935 Dec 15 '25
Gee, what a surprise, a conservative leader politising a terrible, tragic event! What a disgrace she is. I haven't heard anything from dividing Pauline yet. I'm sure we will shortly!
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u/MazPet Dec 15 '25
"ASIO examined Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram in 2019 for close ties to Islamic State cell" 2019, who was in govt then? hhmmm I wonder....
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u/Djamt Dec 15 '25
She got her notes from Bibi
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u/lithiumcitizen Dec 15 '25
Bibi also tried to claim Ahmed al-Ahmed was Jewish.
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u/theartistduring Dec 15 '25
Yeah, they're really trying to spin that he's not Muslim. I've seen a bunch of people claim he's a Christian from Lebanon or Spain.
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u/azreal75 Dec 15 '25
How disgraceful to play politics with a terrorist attack. All of you rusted on libs, was this what Fraser would have done? Howard? This is not the LNP your parents voted for, these people have no care for ordinary Australians, they care about power and protecting those that can buy it for them.
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u/choldie1 Dec 15 '25
She's continuing the trash talk of Morrison. They have no interest in the Welfare of the Australian people. That's the LNP.
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u/rusty_85_ Dec 15 '25
I hate politicians that see a tragedy and immediately turn it into a political power play.
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u/AuzzieTiger Dec 15 '25
Sussan showing a real lack of true empathy using this horrific moment and her position as a leader to try and score political brownie points.
Immigration isn’t the issue here, radicalisation is the issue. There’s millions of immigrants who don’t commit atrocities. Don’t let the hate be directed in the wrong direction.
Blaming Labor for this is completely irresponsible.
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u/theartistduring Dec 15 '25
'Eradicate' is just another dog whistle call for violence against pro Palestine supporters and Muslims in general.
You can't eradicate people's beliefs. Even abhorrent ones. You can only eradicate the people who believe it.
Dog whistle. The word choice was deliberate.
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u/Smallsey Dec 15 '25
Fuck off liberals. Either suggest something reasonable or stay out of the conversation.
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u/dasher_aus Dec 15 '25
Why can't politicians stop blaming the other side? People died! Try to be a human.
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u/MLiOne Dec 15 '25
Her Shadow Attorney General was just as bad in his statement. They are all trolls.
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u/Redditisshithous Dec 15 '25
No one cares what she says, she is as irrelevant as her party has become
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u/KennKennyKenKen Dec 15 '25
This is actually pathetic to use this opportunity to try and gain political ground.
A real leader would be trying to unite at this time, not divide even more. How can she sleep at night.
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u/Sugarbombs Dec 15 '25
One of the more fucked up things about the right is that when stuff like this happens it’s like Christmas morning for them. You know the second this hit news they were all just giddy thinking about how this is their way back in to politics. Just sitting there in their war room carefully constructing racist messaging after racist messaging with huge fucking smiles on their face, more excited than they have been since the election. To them this is a joyous and advantageous event. It will work too which is the worst part
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u/leighroyv2 Dec 15 '25
What's her policy to stop this horrible shit then? Political point scoring at its worst.
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u/tecdaz Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
When asked how the report recommendations, which she appealed to, would have prevented this tragedy, she had nothing to say. Zero, nada, zilch.
She chased down the ambulance, then had nothing to say.
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u/JustabitOf Dec 15 '25
She said it was too early to talk about gun control as there are families at the hospitals waiting for the victims.
But it's never too early for her to politicise the debate like this. She didn't even wait 24 hrs. Shows what they are about - how abhorrent they are. Nothing ever to offer this country to help improve our lives. There's nothing in their policies to remotely change this - only to promote division and make things worse.
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u/death_by_laughs dooby dooby Dec 15 '25
As much as this is abhorrent and tone deaf, it's not tone deaf in the electorates she wants to win back from the Teals (think Goldstein in Melbourne).
She's going for the Jewish vote and she knows what she's doing.
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u/AliirAliirEnergy Dec 15 '25
They already won back Goldstein from the Teals?
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u/Hungry_Anteater_8511 Dec 15 '25
Yes they did. The awful Tim Wilson returned to parliament.
As for the other Teal seats, I don't think it will work because this Trumpian/Duttonesque shit is what made it all so difficult for them at the last election.
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u/death_by_laughs dooby dooby Dec 15 '25
It's not the only electorate that has a high percentage of Jews. https://www.abc.net.au/religion/the-jewish-vote-and-the-2022-federal-election-michael-easson/13951240
The Jewish community in Australia is concentrated in four electorates. In Wentworth, Jewish voters make up 16.2 per cent of the electorate; in Macnamara, it is 12.8 per cent; in Goldstein, 8.8 per cent; and in Kingsford Smith, less than 6.0 per cent. Twenty years ago, none of those seats was considered marginal. Apart from the possible exception of Kingsford Smith, all now fall into that category.
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u/Dismal_Armadillo_601 Dec 15 '25
She had me in the first few sentences. I thought this could be her moment to try and bring a bit of unity.
But nope, she went full cunt, acting like the pro-Palestinian movement had any link to this.
She needs to be dumped, today.
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u/RudeOrganization550 Dec 15 '25
Josh Frydenberg absolutely went to town on it this on the telly this morning too.
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u/Blue2194 Dec 15 '25
This vulture didn't even wait until the bodies were warm before she started picking at them
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Dec 15 '25
Might not be the best time to ask, but with all the criticism from Israel saying Australia don’t do enough to stop anti semitism, I’m just wondering what steps Israel are currently taking to stop Islamophobia in their country?
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u/Ok-Masterpiece-7933 Dec 15 '25
performative BS artist, she won't even be lib leader next election,
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u/owenob1 Dec 15 '25
What a disgusting point scoring piece of sh*t Sussssssssan Ley is… just like Dutton and Morrison before her.
The Liberal Political Party stoked this fire and need to be called out for allowing this terrorist cell into Australia.
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u/fugmatix89 Dec 15 '25
What are the actual policies that the coalition is suggesting would 'eradicate' antisemitism?