On Monday, the prime minister released a one-page “terms of reference” for the Richardson review to investigate the terrorist atrocity at Bondi on December 14. It contained not a single reference to antisemitism or Jewish people. This is unfathomable.

Let’s be clear: what happened at Bondi was not some random, opportunistic attack. It was a planned murderous campaign against Jewish Australians.

So when the prime minister announced his limited review on Monday, the same day victims’ families appeared on front pages around the country calling for a Commonwealth royal commission, it was immediately condemned by the Jewish community as wilfully ignoring a key factor in the Bondi attack: antisemitism.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on December 19.Credit: Getty Images

When Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke offered the excuse........

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