Former spy chief on $5,000 a day quits antisemitism royal commission, saying he was ‘way overpaid’

Dennis Richardson quits Bondi attack inquiry a fortnight after its opening hearing, telling the ABC he felt surplus to requirements'

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The former spy chief Dennis Richardson says he resigned from the antisemitism royal commission because he felt surplus to requirements", claiming changes to the inquiry into the Bondi terror attack were different to the job he signed up for, and that he was being way overpaid".

Richardson said the royal commission, led by the judge and lawyer Virginia Bell, would still be valuable and praised Bell strongly. But in his first comments since Wednesday's surprise announcement that he had abruptly departed the inquiry, Richardson appeared to hint he had been left without much work to do - despite being tasked to deliver an interim report by the end of next month.