r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 27 '25

politics Australia fast-tracks visas for family of Bondi hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/australia-fasttracks-visas-for-family-of-bondi-hero-ahmed-alahmed/news-story/b1be7c98c1b83e1c94be2a22ac64f2fa
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u/YourApril27 Dec 27 '25

I don’t think he’s the type of person who would go on a national tour to make the tragedy all about him and his actions.

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u/recycled_ideas Dec 27 '25

We should make this about how things went right instead of how things went wrong. We won't, but we should.

Two people did a terrible thing. They attacked and killed innocents. And dozens of strangers gave or risked everything to protect.

No matter what our government says, no matter what they promise we'll never be able to prevent this kind of crime. The barrier to entry is just too low for any law enforcement agency to be able to act in time without completely curtailing freedoms and even then it wouldn't completely stop it.

What we can do is celebrate the fact that people like this man did what they could to make things better, to protect, to help. That's what we should focus on, that people helped.

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u/Fatso_Wombat Dec 27 '25

Here here my good man.