by REX WIDERSTROM – FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has laid blame for the Bondi Beach shooting massacre firmly at the feet of the Albanese Government, claiming it had “turned a blind eye to a whole series of Jew-hating events”.
He said Mr Albanese had created a situation where a terrorist attack aimed at Jews was “licensed by weakness”.
- Who is in charge here? Is it the police? Is it the elected and accountable government?
- Or is it these hate-filled activists and their incitements to violence?
- We should not import hatred from overseas.
Speaking on the Australia’s Future With Tony Abbott podcast for the Institute of Public Affairs, Mr Abbott said there had been no comparable mass attacks against Jews in Britain, Europe or the United States.
He argued the attack occurred in Australia because the government “has failed to create a climate of safety and respect for Jewish people”.
PATTERN
He said the Albanese government had ignored a series of events which he characterised as part of an escalating pattern.
These included the “initial elation” of Islamic preachers in response to October 7, the Opera House riot on October 9 – where hateful chants against Jews were spewed – and the march across Sydney Harbour Bridge where terrorist flags were displayed and talks to globalise the Intifada and chants of death to the Israel Defence Forces were echoed.
“There’s been a whole series of escalating hate incidents against Jewish people and institutions,” he said.
“We know from history that if incitements to violence are tolerated, sooner or later, there will be violence.
“This government, our nation’s leadership at every level, should be hanging its head in shame.”
The government, he said, needs to “start doing what should have been done all along”.
“Deport hate preachers, prosecute people who incite violence against anyone, but particularly against Jewish people, and ban these hate marches,” he said.
“I mean, who is in charge here? Is it the police? Is it the elected and accountable government, or is it these activists who are constantly exceeding themselves in their expressions of contempt, disdain and their incitements to violence against Jewish people and certainly against Israelis?”
Immigration also needs to be tightened, the former PM maintained.
“We should not import hatred from overseas,” he said, questioning the government’s decision to issue 3000 tourist visas to people from Gaza and to repatriate ISIS brides.
“Gaza is a terrorist-controlled war zone. Why on earth would we bring people to this country from Gaza without the sorts of security checks which are simply impossible at this time?” he asked.
“Why would we issue them visas without being absolutely confident that they are people who accept our values and embrace our way of life?”
He said PM Albanese “has been at pains not to talk about radical militant Islam ever since the October 7 atrocity” and, when he did, coupled it with Islamophobia – something Mr Abbott claimed was “almost non-existent” in Australia.
PERVERTED
“It was only 48 hours after Bondi that he finally brought himself to say softly that there was an extremist, perverted version of Islam abroad.”
However, Abbott argued that most people in the Labor Party “just don’t get” national security.
“They entered politics focused on social justice issues rather than strategic threats, including domestic terrorism motivated by Islamist extremism and aggression by the Chinese Communist Party in the South China Sea,” he said.
“Many of them don’t like Australia – they think that we are a society riddled with injustice and discrimination.
“They angst over the fact that Indigenous people were dispossessed after 1788,” he said.
In contrast, the former PM commended opposition leader Sussan Ley’s recent statement that the Albanese Government had treated anti-semitism as a “political problem to be managed, rather than as a moral evil to be eradicated”.
Mr Abbot also rejected suggestions that changes to gun or speech laws would address the underlying causes of the attack, although he said there needed to be an investigation into how the terrorists obtained so many weapons.
“It’s not so much the guns; it’s the people who pulled the trigger. It’s not so much the weapon; it’s the hatred that motivated its use, and this is what the government has lamentably failed to deal with,” he said.
Nor would stronger laws against hate speech help combat the problem, he said.
“We don’t need more laws against hate speech; we need the existing laws enforced,” Mr Abbott said.
‘There’s been quite a double standard when it comes to enforcing hate speech laws. If you or I say something offensive to Muslims, we’re likely to be in all sorts of trouble. But Islamists can say what they like – and nothing happens.”
HELPLINE
Mr Abbott also commented on the list of helpline numbers read out by Albanese at a post-Bondi press conference.
“I suppose there are people in our community who’ve been traumatised by these events, but the job of the government is not so much therapy,” he said.
“The job of the government is safety. We don’t want the government to hug us. We want the government to keep us safe.”
Opponents of the new federal and State laws, which some have called “draconian”, have rejected the idea of a connection between pro-Palestine protests and the Bondi shooting.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has attributed the attack to Islamic State ideology.PC
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Labor like to try and blame the Fraser Coalition Government for importing the problem during the late 1970s when a rescue mission to Lebanon was arranged to help the “oppressed minority” being Christian Lebanese people. The applicants soon became Muslim Lebanese masquerading as Christians and many were brought to Australia for resettlement along with Christian Lebanese until the infiltration was drawn to the attention of the Fraser Government and the rescue mission was cancelled.
During the Howard Coalition Government terms another situation in Lebanon resulted in a rescue mission for Australian citizens in Lebanon. Minister for Foreign Affairs Downer announced via media conference his frustration and annoyance that many applicants had expired Australian passports. An indication of safe haven Australia but dual citizenship and many living in Lebanon most of the time.
After 1983 to Hawke then Keating Labor Governments were involved in what was described as “ethnic branch stacking” to boost Labor Party membership. One of many reports during those thirteen years was PM Keating overturning a deportation order for an Egyptian Muslim living here and granting him permanent residency.
Of course there are many if not most Australians who are Muslims who are proud Australians and seek to live the good life Australia offers, but on the other hand there are those who are here to make trouble and often closely associated with international radical Islamic groups. And the worldwide radical people have excellent propaganda media management, see Palestine and Hamas distortions of facts and blaming Israel with exaggerated numbers and claims.
Following the Bondi Beach massacres Australians must have a Federal Royal Commission with unlimited powers of investigation to uncover facts politicians might not want us to know about and to prepare us for the future and unavoidable policing required to contain the threats.
As usual tone is only half right; this was an attack on all non muslim Australians. As many Jews have said they are the canary in the coal mine who the muslims want to destroy first. Once the Jews are gone then everyone else who is not a muslim will be next.
The fact is islam is at war with everyone else in the world. Islam is at war with humanity. Yet for electoral reasons albanese and tony burqa have brought in 100s of thousands of muslims to this nations.
Since 9.11 there have been many terrorist attacks in Australia. ALL of them were done by muslims. The Bondi attack was the latest and the worst and specifically targeted the Jews because they were a soft target. All the other attacks were against Australians.
In 2014 ISIS made this edict to all its muslim followers:
“If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him… (ISIS Edict 2014)”
Since this edict there have been 3 vehicle terrorist attacks in Australia.
Bourke Street Mall in January 2017, where James Gargasoulas drove a car into crowds, killing six people including a 10 year old girl. He yelled Akha akhbar before his rampage and had recently converted to islam.
In Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the December 2017 Flinders Street car attack, in which Saeed Noori, an Afghan refugee who expressed sympathy for ISIS and hatred for the Australian government, deliberately drove an SUV into pedestrians, killing one elderly man and injuring many others.
Noori, who was an Australian citizen, pleaded guilty to one count of murder and 18 counts of attempted murder. He told police he “did it in the name of Allah” and claimed he was told to by a “voice within” him due to the “mistreatment of Muslims”
September 10, 2023 Three pedestrians were struck by a white Toyota Aurion about 6.20pm on Friday before the vehicle allegedly “sped up” and struck two cars — killing a 76-year-old driver and injuring two others. The driver of the vehicle, Zain Khan, 26, was charged with offences including murder and attempted murder after his arrest at the scene. This was the third fatal incident on Bourke St in six years.
These 3 acts of terrorism using vehicles killed 8 people and injured dozens of others.
The Bondi attack is the latest of islam’s attacks on non muslims. None of this will be covered in albanese’s Review.