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Frydenberg denies his criticism of the PM is politically motivated<\/p>\n
Former Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has denied his fierce criticism of Anthony Albanese over the Bondi attack is politically motivated.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Channel Nine\u2019s Today show, he was asked about a clash with the ABC\u2019s 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson last night. In the interview, Ferguson asked Frydenberg if there were political motivations behind his rebuke of Albanese over the Bondi attack<\/a>, ahead of his \u201cinevitable\u201d return to politics.<\/p>\n He said he was \u201cdeeply offended\u201d by the question.<\/p>\n Speaking to the Today show, Frydenberg, who is Jewish, said his criticism of Albanese was \u201cnot about politics\u201d:<\/p>\n This is about leadership or the lack leadership that we have seen in Australia. The Jewish community has always enjoyed support from Bob Hawke \u2026 to Julia Gillard to Bill Shorten and many, many others. But that bipartisanship has been broken.<\/p>\n Now, when I take my kids to school, there are armed [guards] because it\u2019s a Jewish school. If you take them to Jewish sport, there are armed guards outside the sporting field. Why should we live like this?<\/p>\n Asked about a return to politics, Frydenberg said he \u201chasn\u2019t made any decisions\u201d about his future but said Australia needed people \u201cwho are going to have the courage of their convictions\u201d.<\/p>\n Josh Frydenberg. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.40 EST<\/p>\n NSW man charged after allegedly making antisemitic threats towards Jewish person on Bali to Sydney flight <\/p>\n The AFP has charged a NSW man with allegedly threatening violence towards a member of the Jewish community on a flight from Bali to Sydney.<\/p>\n Police allege the man made antisemitic threats and hand gestures, indicating violence towards the alleged victim, who the man knew to be part of the Jewish community.<\/p>\n The 19-year-old Condell Park man is scheduled to appear before a NSW court today.<\/p>\n He faces one count of threatening force or violence against members of groups or close associates. The offence carries a maximum penalty of five years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n The federal police received a request for assistance from an airline on the flight from Bali to Sydney on Wednesday, the AFP said in a statement.<\/p>\n Police charged the man on his arrival in Sydney.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Relative of Alex Kleytman says Bondi attack shows why it\u2019s necessary to speak out about the Holocaust and antisemitism<\/p>\n Following on from the previous post, Abendlich had prepared a video interview with Kleytman to record his own Holocaust story, which will now never be conducted, \u201cnot because time ran out, but because history has repeated itself\u201d.<\/p>\n The German resident said Kleytman wrote to him that he wanted to \u201cpass the baton to the next generation\u201d.<\/p>\n He encouraged me to preserve family history, to collect stories and memories, and to make sure people know. He did not want his work, or the lives behind it, locked away. He wanted them carried forward … He understood something many people only learn too late: if you do not record testimony and memory, time will take it from you. People will not remember, and people will start to forget.<\/p>\n This attack shows once again why it is necessary to speak about the Shoah and to speak clearly about what antisemitism is. It is not only about remembering what happened once. It is about ensuring these stories are not forgotten, and about refusing to let hatred be normalised or repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more about Kleytman here:<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.17 EST<\/p>\n Holocaust survivor and Bondi attack victim Alex Kleytman described himself as a \u2018humble Jewish man\u2019, relative says<\/p>\n Tributes are continuing to flow for Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor who was killed in the Bondi terror attack while protecting his wife, Larisa.<\/p>\n Georg Abendlich, who lives in Osnabr\u00fcck, Germany, got to know Kleytman through his wife, who is Abendlich\u2019s cousin. He said through their conversations, \u201che became much more than a family connection\u201d:<\/p>\n He was someone who cared deeply about Jewish memory and about telling the truth of Jewish lives, especially where history has tried to reduce Jews to silence or to numbers. He described himself as a humble Jewish man, and that description felt accurate. He had a quiet strength and a sincerity that came through even in simple exchanges.<\/p>\n Abendlich said Kleytman didn\u2019t like to call himself old, but was \u201cvery aware that time passes\u201d:<\/p>\n He saw enormous value in preserving history and in learning from the past. He told me that he had not asked his parents enough about the important details of their lives, and that he regretted how much had gone unspoken. That reflection was not just personal. It was a warning about how easily stories disappear if we do not take responsibility for them.<\/p>\n Alex Kleytman and his wife, Larisa Kleytman. Photograph: Veda KuckoShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.07 EST<\/p>\n Chief of NSW Jewish Board of Deputies calls for \u2018action\u2019 after \u2018unacceptable\u2019 terrorist attack<\/p>\n Michele Goldman, the chief executive of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, spoke to the ABC a short time ago.<\/p>\n Goldman says the Jewish community\u2019s souls are \u201ccrushed\u201d after funerals began for the attack\u2019s 15 victims yesterday.<\/p>\n A funeral for the attack\u2019s youngest victim, 10-year-old Matilda, will be held today.<\/p>\n Goldman said:<\/p>\n Today to bury Matilda, a 10-year-old whose life was taken away too soon, and in the most evil of circumstances, we\u2019re crushed.<\/p>\n We greatly appreciate the overwhelming support of all Australians, but \u2026 kind words are not going to change things, and we need to see some action \u2026 this is just unacceptable.<\/p>\n Goldman said the Jewish community had seen the warning signs for over two years and had called out antisemitic hate \u201cplaying out in all parts of our society\u201d.<\/p>\n She called for the recommendations in the wide-ranging plan by Australia\u2019s antisemitism envoy to be endorsed and enacted as soon as possible.<\/p>\n People attend a floral tribute outside the Bondi Pavilion honouring victims of the Hanukah terror attack on Sunday. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.57 EST<\/p>\n Injured NSW police officers remain in \u2018serious\u201d\u2019 conditions, health minister says<\/p>\n NSW health minister, Ryan Park, says two police injured in the Bondi attack remain in \u201cserious\u201d conditions.<\/p>\n Const Jack Hibbert, a a probationary constable who was shot in Sunday\u2019s attack, has lost the sight of an eye<\/a>. Const Scott Dyson, another officer injured in the attack, had been attached to the eastern suburbs police area command for 18 months.<\/p>\n Speaking to 2GB radio, Park said:<\/p>\n They\u2019ve had very extensive injuries and having an opportunity to speak to their family members of Const Dyson the other day at St Vincent\u2019s just hit home just how dangerous policing is and how dedicated that individual was.<\/p>\n We\u2019re hoping they make a full recovery. It will be a long and difficult road ahead.<\/p>\n Const Jack Hibbert, who was one of two police officers injured in the Bondi beach terror attack. Photograph: State of NSW (NSW police force\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.05 EST<\/p>\n Assistant minister flags review of migration settings after Bondi attack<\/p>\n Assistant minister for immigration, Matt Thistlethwaite, says the federal government\u2019s response to the Bondi attack will include a review of the country\u2019s migration laws to ensure those with antisemitic views cannot move to Australia.<\/p>\n Speaking to the ABC a short time ago, Thistlethwaite said the government\u2019s package will be released \u201cover the coming days and weeks\u201d:<\/p>\n We\u2019ll have a look at our migration settings to make sure that they\u2019re appropriate and that they can weed out and stop people who have antisemitic or racist views, that may incite violence into Australia, and ensure that people like that can\u2019t migrate to our country.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.34 EST<\/p>\n Seventeen patients injured in Bondi attack remain in Sydney hospitals<\/p>\n NSW Health<\/a> has released the latest patient numbers from the Bondi terror attack.<\/p>\n There\u2019s been no change from the patient figures released last night.<\/p>\n As of 8am, 17 patients injured in the attack remain in hospitals across Sydney.<\/p>\n A crowd gathers on Wednesday in front of the floral tribute for the victims of the Hanukah festival shooting at Bondi beach. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.13 EST<\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s information minister calls for apologies from media outlets over claims one of the Bondi attackers was linked to Pakistan<\/p>\n Following on from the previous post, the minister said the misinformation appeared to stem from a case of mistaken identity, as a Pakistani man living in Sydney shared the same name as one of the two suspects.<\/p>\n \u201cHow do we restore the situation to where it was before the Bondi Beach attack?\u201d Tarar asked, adding that the Pakistani man \u2013 also named Naveed Akram \u2013 had released a video denying any involvement and urging the public not to associate him with the attack.<\/p>\n Tarar said the Pakistani man was \u201ca victim of a malicious and organized campaign\u201d and that the disinformation effort originated in India.<\/p>\n \u201cAs Pakistan has suffered from terrorism for a long time, we fully understand the grief of the Australian people and express complete solidarity with them,\u201d Tarar wrote on X Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n He said some media outlets hastily claimed that one of the attackers was linked to Pakistan, even though there was neither evidence nor verification to support this claim. \u201cThis assertion was later proven to be completely false,\u201d Tarar said.<\/p>\n Tarar called on media outlets that published the false reports to issue apologies and said Pakistan had not yet decided whether to pursue legal action.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.05 EST<\/p>\n Pakistan has been the target of online disinformation campaign over Bondi attack, government minister says<\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s information minister says his country has been the victim of a coordinated online disinformation campaign after the mass shooting at Bondi beach, Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n Attaullah Tarar accused \u201chostile countries\u201d, including India, of spreading false claims that one of the two attackers was a Pakistani national.<\/p>\n Speaking at a news conference in Islamabad, Tarar said Pakistan\u2019s leadership strongly condemned Sunday\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n The minister said misleading information began circulating almost immediately after the attack, with social media posts falsely identifying one of the suspects as a Pakistani national. He said the claims spread rapidly across digital platforms and were repeated by some media outlets without verification.<\/p>\n Tarar said subsequent findings, including confirmation by Indian police, established that one of the alleged attackers, Sajid Akram, was from India, while his 24-year-old son, Naveed Akram was born in Australia.<\/p>\n![\"Caitlin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766011568_624_Caitlin_Cassidy,_L.png\")
Caitlin Cassidy<\/p>\nCaitlin Cassidy<\/p>\n