Unchecked Hate: Australia's Antisemitic Crisis Australia's spy chief, Mike Burgess, made a damning assessment about the state of antisemitism in the country while speaking before a Royal Commission inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting.
The comments were significant because they came after the devastating attack on December 25 that killed 15 people attending a Hanukkah celebration.
The evidence presented to the Royal Commission suggests that the war in the Middle East had a profound impact on Australian society, unleashing emotions that boiled over into violent behavior.