Virginia Bell

Rule Changes

Leading inquiry into antisemitism and Bondi attack

Two gunmen fired at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, killing 15 including a 10-year-old—Australia's deadliest terror attack and worst antisemitic massacre globally since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023. The father-son ISIS sympathizers trained in the southern Philippines weeks before; surviving attacker Naveed Akram, 24, now faces 59 charges including 15 counts of murder from his cell in Goulburn Supermax.

Updated May 19

Force in Play

Appointed to lead Royal Commission into Antisemitism

A month has passed since a father and son opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, making it the site of Australia's deadliest terror attack. Fifteen civilians died — among them a Holocaust survivor, two rabbis, and a 10-year-old girl.

Updated May 15