Albanese rejects calls for federal royal commission by families of Bondi beach terror attack victims

Labor defends plan for faster, narrower review despite Jewish leaders and families of 11 victims demanding full national royal commission

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The Albanese government has rejected calls by families of Bondi beach terror attack victims for a federal royal commission, claiming it would provide a platform for the worst voices" of antisemitism.

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said a royal commission would be too slow and was not the right vehicle to investigate the attack on a Hanukah festival that killed 15, standing by his preference for a shorter review of intelligence and law enforcement agencies - a move scorned as inadequate by leaders of the Jewish community and many federal MPs.