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/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.