{"id":6108,"date":"2025-12-23T02:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2025-12-23T02:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:22:18","slug":"sussan-ley-makes-no-apology-for-my-passion-as-labor-denounces-disgusting-partisan-pile-on-over-bondi-attack-bondi-beach-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=6108","title":{"rendered":"Sussan Ley makes \u2018no apology for my passion\u2019 as Labor denounces \u2018disgusting\u2019 \u2018partisan pile-on\u2019 over Bondi attack | Bondi beach terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Chris Bowen has accused Sussan Ley of \u201cdisgusting\u201d conduct and politicising the Bondi antisemitic shooting, claiming the Coalition was putting partisan point-scoring over national unity after Australia\u2019s worst terror attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ley, whose Coalition has launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/dec\/22\/coalition-attacks-penny-wong-bondi-beach-shooting-terror-attack-sussan-ley-press-conference-ntwnfb\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">increasingly extraordinary political criticism blaming the government<\/a> for the terror attack, defended her personal sledge on the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, for not having \u201cshed a single tear\u201d about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Anthony Albanese accused the Coalition of seeking \u201cpolitical product differentiation\u201d in their response to the attack. Bowen said the opposition leader was \u201cnot the arbiter of grief\u201d and did not get to dictate how other people mourned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI thought that was a disgusting element of an increasingly partisan pile-on in the wake of a national crisis,\u201d Labor\u2019s energy minister told the ABC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"86066c8f-2adf-45ca-a469-85fe7cbba8df\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.YoutubeBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"YoutubeBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"visible\" 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660px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2be3324a0b92c37b1ec83caef791de3b956d7c77\/1_0_1919_1080\/1919.jpg?width=645&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2be3324a0b92c37b1ec83caef791de3b956d7c77\/1_0_1919_1080\/1919.jpg?width=645&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2be3324a0b92c37b1ec83caef791de3b956d7c77\/1_0_1919_1080\/1919.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2be3324a0b92c37b1ec83caef791de3b956d7c77\/1_0_1919_1080\/1919.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"'No royal commission after Port Arthur': PM stands firm against Bondi shooting commission \u2013 video\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2be3324a0b92c37b1ec83caef791de3b956d7c77\/1_0_1919_1080\/1919.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" height=\"259\" width=\"460\" class=\"dcr-1qi2at0\"\/><\/picture><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-fd61eq\"><span class=\"dcr-1alawo7\"><svg width=\"36\" height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 23\"><path d=\"M3.2 0l-3.2 3.3v16.4l3.3 3.3h18.7v-23h-18.8m30.4 1l-8.6 8v5l8.6 8h2.4v-21h-2.4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">&#8216;No royal commission after Port Arthur&#8217;: PM stands firm against Bondi shooting commission \u2013 video<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cAustralia has in the past come together at moments like this, whether it be the Lindt cafe or Port Arthur, and oppositions have chosen not to make political points. This opposition is trying a different path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ley on Tuesday said she was unashamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/dec\/22\/anthony-albanese-apology-to-jewish-community-bondi-terror-attack-coalition-sussan-ley-criticism-royal-commission-ntwnfb\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">of her criticism of Wong<\/a>. That came during a press conference on Monday in which the shadow minister Bridget McKenzie \u2013 without evidence \u2013 alleged that Labor\u2019s recognition of a Palestinian state, and Wong\u2019s failure to visit certain sites of Hamas\u2019s 7 October massacre in Israel, had \u201cbrought this upon us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&amp;CMP=emailbutton\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Sign up: AU Breaking News email<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Wong on Monday had strongly condemned antisemitism and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/bondi\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Bondi<\/a> attack, and called on politicians \u201cto turn the temperature down\u201d in Australia\u2019s national debate. Ley, raising her voice and slamming her hand on a lectern, harshly criticised Wong for not attending funerals of the shooting victims or visiting the Bondi memorial site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI make no apology for my passion on that occasion and my ongoing passion for Australians, for Jewish Australians and for this hideous act of terrorism,\u201d Ley told Channel Nine\u2019s Today on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI\u2019ve been down there. The prime minister has hardly been there. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/penny-wong\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Penny Wong<\/a> has not been there at all. Her calls to take the temperature down were totally inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"b5893259-42aa-4d81-8040-fcfcda4fc836\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:11,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;ABC defends Laura Tingle and Sarah Ferguson amid \u2018unfounded\u2019 criticism of Bondi shooting coverage &quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;b5893259-42aa-4d81-8040-fcfcda4fc836&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/dec\/23\/laura-tingle-sarah-ferguson-abc-defends-bondi-shooting-coverage-criticism-ntwnfb&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Albanese visited Bondi beach the day after the attack and attended the memorial there on the one-week anniversary. On Tuesday he said: \u201cI certainly do regret the politicisation of this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis is a time where the nation needs to come together in unity and with that sense of purpose, this is not a time for people to look for political product differentiation for the sake of it. And I\u2019ll continue to argue for unity,\u201d he told a press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThat is what happens at a time of national crisis and mourning. That is what national leaders do. That is what has happened in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ley has noted in numerous media appearances on Monday and Tuesday that Albanese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/dec\/21\/we-are-unbreakable-defiance-marks-bondi-attack-commemoration-after-pm-is-booed\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">received \u201cjeers\u201d at the Bondi beach vigil<\/a>. On Channel Seven\u2019s Sunrise, she again demanded a federal royal commission, suggesting twice that the government was \u201chiding\u201d by not calling one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWere there warnings that they didn\u2019t heed?\u201d she said. \u201cWe have this growing list of judges, of top silks, of Sir Peter Cosgrove this morning, of people across this country who know that this is the next important step that this government needs to take. My question is, why not? Why not, prime minister?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Albanese noted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/coalition\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Coalition<\/a> governments in 1996 and 2014 did not call for royal commissions after the Port Arthur massacre and Lindt cafe terror siege, standing by his decision to not request such an inquiry so far.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"EmailSignUpWrapper\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;index&quot;:18,&quot;listId&quot;:6048,&quot;identityName&quot;:&quot;breaking-news-australia&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Get the most important news as it breaks&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Breaking News Australia&quot;,&quot;frequency&quot;:&quot;When needed&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;We'll send you Breaking News Australia when needed.&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;idApiUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/idapi.theguardian.com&quot;}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Labor sources have been privately furious at the Coalition\u2019s politicising of the Bondi attack, contrasting the opposition\u2019s abandonment of any national united bipartisan approach to how oppositions of the past have supported governments of the day through previous terror attacks, the Covid pandemic and the Port Arthur massacre. The former Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who is Jewish, last week claimed Albanese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/dec\/17\/frydenberg-claims-albanese-should-accept-personal-responsibility-for-bondi-attacks-in-escalation-of-rhetoric-ntwnfb\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">was personally responsible for the 15 deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"da68f9ba-79bd-46da-8e48-c57674a252d0\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.YoutubeBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"YoutubeBlockComponent\" priority=\"critical\" deferuntil=\"visible\" 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alt=\"Sydney honours Bondi victims on national day of reflection \u2013 video\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e3b1306ac393d65e4d238950228bf40790702a56\/0_307_5730_3223\/5730.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" height=\"259\" width=\"460\" class=\"dcr-1qi2at0\"\/><\/picture><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-fd61eq\"><span class=\"dcr-1alawo7\"><svg width=\"36\" height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 23\"><path d=\"M3.2 0l-3.2 3.3v16.4l3.3 3.3h18.7v-23h-18.8m30.4 1l-8.6 8v5l8.6 8h2.4v-21h-2.4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Sydney honours Bondi victims on national day of reflection \u2013 video<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In responding to attacks that Labor had been slow to act on antisemitism, government sources noted that the Coalition had voted against Labor\u2019s anti-doxing legislation in November 2024, and had not taken stronger action on banning Nazi symbols during its time in government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">That frustration boiled over in public on Tuesday when Bowen claimed Ley\u2019s Coalition had prioritised partisan politics, especially in the attack on Wong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cSussan Ley is not the arbiter of grief or mourning, and she does not get to decide how people express that mourning and that grief \u2026 it said more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/sussan-ley\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Sussan Ley<\/a> than it does about Penny Wong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cSussan Ley, I think, needs to reflect on her behaviour yesterday. It was pretty disgusting. And I think as it shows, that she is choosing to make political points out of an issue and a personal attack on someone like Penny Wong, I think, will jar pretty badly with Australians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Bowen, referring to the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/dec\/18\/what-changes-are-planned-to-australias-hate-speech-laws-and-how-will-they-work-ntwnfb\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">planned crackdown on hate speech<\/a>, noted that senior members of the Coalition had previously argued for weakening laws in a long-running debate about section 18c of the Race Discrimination Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThey spent their entire time trying to water down those laws,\u201d he said. \u201cNow they say they should be stronger. I mean, we didn\u2019t seek this partisan argument, but if they want to have a partisan argument, then the facts will be laid out as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Wong\u2019s office declined to respond to Ley\u2019s claims on Monday. Albanese said he was avoiding \u201cpartisan comments\u201d after the Bondi shooting but rubbished the Coalition\u2019s allegations that the terror attack was influenced by Labor\u2019s recognition of Palestine or the itinerary of Wong\u2019s Israel trip, as McKenzie had claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis was an Isis-inspired attack \u2026 These people weren\u2019t shy about their motivation, and it is there for people to see,\u201d he alleged. \u201cAnd I think that people should look at those facts which are there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"b2dd812f-37da-4b8d-9545-ecbcd8c6753a\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.EmbedBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"UnsafeEmbedBlockComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;script src=\\&quot;https:\/\/uploads.guim.co.uk\/2025\/01\/21\/article-button.js\\&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;pointer&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:29,&quot;isTracking&quot;:false,&quot;isMainMedia&quot;:false,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;The Guardian&quot;,&quot;sourceDomain&quot;:&quot;uploads.guim.co.uk&quot;}\"><iframe class=\"js-embed__iframe dcr-uzb1jv\" title=\"pointer\" name=\"unsafe-embed-29\" data-testid=\"embed-block\" srcdoc=\"&lt;script src=&quot;https:\/\/uploads.guim.co.uk\/2025\/01\/21\/article-button.js&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt;&#10;            &lt;script src=&quot;https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/libs\/iframe-messenger\/iframeMessenger.js&quot;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;&#10;            &lt;gu-script&gt;iframeMessenger.enableAutoResize();&lt;\/gu-script&gt;\"><\/iframe><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Sussan #Ley #apology #passion #Labor #denounces #disgusting #partisan #pileon #Bondi #attack #Bondi #beach #terror #attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Bowen has accused Sussan&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}