Australia vowed to change after Bondi. Has it?

About this episode

The episode discusses the aftermath of Australia's worst mass shooting and the effectiveness of legislative changes regarding hate crimes and gun ownership.

Almost six months ago, two gunmen opened fire on hundreds of Jewish families celebrating Hanukkah near Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Fifteen people were killed and more than 40 wounded in the December 14, 2025 attack - Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years. In the aftermath, Parliament passed stricter hate crime and gun ownership laws, announced a national buyback scheme and launched a Royal Commission into antisemitism. But since then, the gun buyback initiative has faltered and a provision to criminalise inciting racial hatred has been quietly dropped. On this episode of the CNA Correspondent podcast, Arnold Gay speaks to Natashya Gutierrez and Jack Board to ask: Do Australian Jews feel any safer today? And have the nation's leaders truly matched their words with action? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Arnold Gay

Guests: Natashya Gutierrez, Jack Board

Topics covered

• gun violence
• antisemitism
• public safety
• legislation
• community response

Keywords

• Australia
• Bondi Beach
• mass shooting
• antisemitism
• gun laws
• Jewish community
• public safety
• legislation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Australia, Bondi Beach

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