Bondi royal commission: community warned of 'high' threat, NSW Police didn't finish the paperwork

Guardian Australia · Ben Doherty, Josh Butler and Nino Bucci · Thursday 30 April 2026

Bondi royal commission: community warned of 'high' threat, NSW Police didn't finish the paperwork

Interim report into the Bondi attack finds NSW Police failed to complete a comprehensive risk assessment for the Chanukah by the Sea festival, despite the Jewish community flagging a high threat.

The community told the coppers it was high risk. The coppers didn't finish the risk assessment. Fifteen people are dead and the royal commission's headline finding is that someone should've ticked the box. Fitzgerald exposed a system. This one's exposed a clipboard.

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