<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to open a federal royal commission into last Sunday's terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ley released a draft terms of reference for a Commonwealth royal commission, which she said would have greater reach and powers than a state version that Premier Chris Minns flagged over the weekend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In response to the horror at Bondi, the Prime Minister has announced proposals, but they're too little, they're too late, and they will take too long," she said at a press conference this morning.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-anthony-albanese-approval-rating-sussan-ley-antisemitism/67ebac52-efb2-471b-98fe-29a60116bc30" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Anthony Albanese's approval rating plummets in wake of Bondi terror attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I invite the Prime Minister to sit down with me immediately to refine and finalise these terms of reference so we can establish a Commonwealth royal commission, before Christmas."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The opposition's proposal for a Commonwealth royal commission would be led by three commissioners, comprising a member from the Jewish community, a member with law enforcement and intelligence agency experience and a current or former supreme court judge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The draft terms of reference include investigating the rise of antisemitism in Australia, the conduct of ministers and departments across all levels of government, the role of radical Islam, far left and far right neo-Nazi extremism and anti-Zionist attitudes and the cooperation between federal and state law enforcement and intelligence agencies.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-opposition-leader-sussan-ley-invites-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-to-open-royal-commission/12bcc1ad-fe88-45bc-8f9d-d41db64e99a6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under the draft, the royal commission would hand down an interim report and recommendations no later than June 23, 2026.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The opposition will move a motion to establish a Commonwealth royal commission as soon as the federal parliament is recalled.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have work to do in order to honour the dead," Ley said while blaming Albanese's actions and inactions for contributing to the Bondi attack.</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/nsw-man-arrested-call-to-violent-action-alleged/7a97e4f3-ad5f-4f71-893d-c30a22b4e9d5" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man charged with trying to spark violent protest on Sydney beach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We must confront uncomfortable truths, hard truths. That's what this Commonwealth royal commission is about."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shadow attorney-general Andrew Wallace said only a Commonwealth royal commission can investigate the full extent of the Bondi attack and the antisemitism since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is totally inappropriate and insufficient to simply have a state royal commission, which would effectively have its hands tied in dealing with state matters," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know that there are likely to be identified many failings as a result of what happened at Bondi, not the least of which certainly cross jurisdictions of our states and territories and our Commonwealth."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese has thrown his support behind a state-based royal commission and announced a landmark gun buyback scheme, laws to combat hate speech and antisemitism and a review into the federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the wake of the Bondi attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But he has been unable to shake off growing criticism from political figures and the Jewish community, which saw him get booed and heckled at a vigil in Bondi last night.</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-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-attends-vigil-one-week-on/268e7513-3e65-488b-9afd-af6a0ab8437a" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Albanese booed, Minns praised at Bondi Beach vigil</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last week, Albanese accepted responsibility and acknowledged he could have done more.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Resolve Poll conducted for </span><em><span>The Sydney Morning Herald</span></em><span> has shown </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-anthony-albanese-approval-rating-sussan-ley-antisemitism/67ebac52-efb2-471b-98fe-29a60116bc30" rel="" target="_blank" title="Albanese's approval rating has plummeted to the lowest point "><span>Albanese's approval rating has plummeted to the lowest point </span></a><span>since the federal election in May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ley has failed to gain support and also dipped in approval ratings, with Albanese still leading as the preferred prime minister.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span></span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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