<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A furious </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/josh-frydenberg" rel="" target="" title="Josh Frydenberg"><span>Josh Frydenberg</span></a><span> has directed a blistering critique at </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/anthony-albanese" rel="" target="" title="Anthony Albanese"><span>Anthony Albanese</span></a><span> over the government's handling of antisemitism in the lead-up to the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="" title="Bondi Beach shooting"><span>Bondi Beach shooting</span></a><span>, while calling for a royal commission into the terror attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former Liberal treasurer, who is Jewish, gave a fiery speech at Bondi this afternoon calling for greater action from governments in the wake of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-what-happened-shooters-victims-everything-we-know/88ccfc15-8a38-49f8-875c-ef82ef57d9b2" rel="" target="" title=" the shooting"><span>the shooting</span></a><span>, which killed 15 innocent people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This massacre at Bondi is the greatest stain on this nation," Frydenberg said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-updates-jack-hibbert-police-officer-wounded-by-gunmen-family-statement/273bc566-34ff-4f43-b585-81ca7232e7d0"><strong><span>'Miraculous' survival for officer injured in Bondi Beach attack</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm here to mourn, but I am also here to warn: unless our governments, federal and state, take urgent, unprecedented and strong action, as night follows day, we will be back grieving the loss of innocent life in another terrorist attack in our country."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Frydenberg also went as far as to single out the prime minister for having </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-shooting-how-jewish-communities-keep-eachother-safe-heightened-security-guards-outside-schools/16fcdafc-c4f0-438b-aeda-63eec54cde18" rel="" target="" title="failed Jewish Australians"><span>failed Jewish Australians</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our prime minister, our government, has allowed Australia to be radicalised on his watch," he said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-josh-frydenberg-speech/4fb4e849-cba0-4fa1-9977-5cd879a21551" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is time for him to accept personal responsibility for the death of the 15 innocent people, including a 10-year-old child. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-terror-attack-social-media-response/c56b76a3-fca2-47ff-a809-09f9c3a93b18" rel="" target="" title="Australia just witnessed its first mass shooting play out on social media"><strong><span>Australia just witnessed its first mass shooting play out on social media</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is time our prime minister accepted accountability for what has happened here. And it's time our leaders stood up and led at last. This is a time for accountability and action."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also said a royal commission into the attack and the rise of antisemitism needed to be called immediately.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We here deserve answers," Frydenberg said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We don't need pious words of comfort, we need answers."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-five-key-questions-answered/ea43e596-5ede-44ac-be31-65423acdb565" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>The five questions Australia is asking after the Bondi terror attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Frydenberg's successor, current Treasurer Jim Chalmers, defended the government's actions and said it would consider his proposal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I have a lot of respect for Josh Frydenberg… I don't doubt the intensity or the sincerity of his views," Chalmers said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And we take them seriously. He, like a lot of Australians, is mourning and is grieving. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And we will take suggestions from him or from other members of the community very seriously."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em></div></div>