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Background

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Organised existing content into something more readable, fixed some disjointed grammar, repairing some of the rubble from the edit wars.

Religious and racial intolerance

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The December 2025 attack in Bondi was the first deadly attack targeting Jews in Australia.[1][2][3] Prior to this incident, the Australian Jewish community experienced an increase in antisemitic attacks on Jewish individuals and institutions since the beginning of the Gaza war in October 2023.[4][5] The shooting targeted an annual community Hanukkah celebration organised by Chabad named "Chanukah by the Sea".[a][6][7] The event was held at Archer Park just east of the Bondi Pavilion, with around 1,000 people in attendance.[8][9]

Extremist groups have risen in Australia over the past decade, including neo-Nazi groups such as the National Socialist Network.[10][11] In January 2024, the federal government banned Nazi salutes and displaying Nazi symbols such as the swastika. In February 2025, the laws were changed to mandatory minimum jail sentences.[12][13][14][15] In November 2025, there was a neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament.[14]

Islamic State

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After they lost control of the territory in Iraq and Syria, ISIS changed strategy, to focus on inciting "lone wolf" attacks.[16] Since then there have been other Islamic State inspired lone wolf attacks, often on Jewish or Christian festivals.[17][18][19] However, Islamic State has not previously focused on the Palestine conflict with Israel.[17][20]

Violence and terrorism

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The Bondi Beach shooting is the worst terrorist attack committed in Australia,[19][21] and the most deadly shooting since 1996.[22]

Mass casualty terrorism is rare in Australia, whose gun laws include restrictions on automatic, semi-automatic and pump action rifles, as well as shotguns, which were introduced after 35 people were killed in the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.[23][24][25][26] Despite this, the number of firearms in Australia, and the number of people licensed to own them, has increased, and hit "a record high" before the shootings.[27][28] In New South Wales, where the Bondi Beach shooting took place, there were 260,000 gun licences in 2025, up from 181,000 in 2001.[28]

Mass shootings are rare, however, there were two notable public stabbings in Sydney in April 2024. One was a mass stabbing incident at Bondi Junction, which was not related to terrorism.[29][30] The other stabbing targeted an Assyrian Australian bishop, Mari Emmanuel, during a sermon at his church in Wakeley.[31][32]

In August 2024, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation raised Australia's national terrorism threat level from "possible" to "probable", citing the risk of community tensions and political violence related to the Gaza war as one of the reasons for doing so.[33]

From 2012 until 2019 over 200 Australians migrated to the self-described "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)[b] while the movement controlled territory in that region.[34][10][35] This included men, women and children.[34] Australians also carried out suicide bombings for Islamic State, including Jake Bilardi, a Melbourne teenager from an atheist family who travelled to Iraq.[34]

Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ↑ There are multiple ways to transliterate the Hebrew name of the holiday; "Hanukkah" is currently the most common spelling by English-speakers, with "Chanukah" being a more traditional spelling. See Hanukkah § Alternative spellings for more details.
  2. ↑ They are still known by the name ISIS, an abbreviation of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

References

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  1. ↑ Maltz, Judy (14 December 2025). "Jewish World: The First Deadly Attack Against Jews in Australia Follows Two Years of Unprecedented Antisemitism". Haaretz. Israel. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2026. Little did they know that later that day, they would witness the first deadly attack ever targeting Jews on Australian soil.
  2. ↑ Stuart, Riley (18 December 2025). "How the world reacted to the Bondi massacre". ABC News. London, via Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2026-01-02. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Issacharoff, David (14 December 2025). "Australia's first fatal antisemitic attack was a massacre. Israel must not exploit it". Haaretz.
  4. ↑ Chatterjee, Nandika (14 December 2025). "A Timeline of Rising Antisemitism in Australia". TIME. Archived from the original on 25 December 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025. Figures from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) show that antisemitic incidents in Australia have reached historically high levels.
  5. ↑ Chen, Christine; McKeith, Sam (14 December 2025). "Antisemitic attacks in Australia since start of war in Gaza". Reuters. Archived from the original on 17 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Duster, Chandelis (14 December 2025). "At least 12 dead, including 1 gunman, in mass shooting at Hanukkah event on Sydney's Bondi Beach". NPR. Archived from the original on 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Tercatin, Rossella (14 December 2025). "Targeted Hanukkah lighting underscores decades-old Chabad mission to illuminate the world". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 17 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Wire 15 Dec 2025 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ↑ McGarvey, Emily; Moon, Jenna; Yeung, Tinshui (14 December 2025). "Twelve killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach, police say". BBC News. Archived from the original on 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  10. 1 2 Cite error: The named reference Khalil 2025 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ↑ Khalil 2025: "Terrorism and violent extremism threats in Australia diversified and grew more complicated and diffuse over the past decade. There is a growing and more organised neo-Nazi movement galvanised by the National Socialist Network that has not only motivated lone actor violence and plots but is seeking to mainstream their hateful ideology through a new political party and exploiting grievances among young men."
  12. ↑ Ewe, Koh (6 February 2025). "Mandatory jail for Nazi salutes under new Australia laws". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  13. ↑ Chen, Christine (6 February 2025). "Australia passes tough hate crime laws with mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes". Reuters. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  14. 1 2 Turnbull, Tiffanie; Wong, Tessa (15 December 2025). "Bondi shooting: Australian Jews react to attack with grief and anger | 'I've grown up in fear': Jewish Australians say rising antisemitism made attack predictable". www.bbc.com. Bondi Beach via United Kingdom: BBC News. Archived from the original on 2026-01-23. There was also an anti-Jewish protest outside the New South Wales (NSW) parliament in November, organised by a neo-Nazi group.
  15. ↑ Turnbull & Wong 2025: "This includes setting up a federal police taskforce to investigate antisemitic incidents, and an amendment to hate crime laws. Hate symbols, including performing a Nazi salute, and terror offences are now punishable with mandatory jail terms. NSW set up its own state-level task force because many of the recent incidents were in Sydney."
  16. ↑ Roy 2025: "In September 2014, the Islamic State released a directive to supporters around the world, sanctioning unilateral terrorist attacks against Australia and other western nations “wherever, whenever and however” they could, without instruction or permission from its leadership."
  17. 1 2 Cite error: The named reference Baker McGowan Bachelard 2025 SMH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ↑ "Bondi Beach: The hallmarks of an Islamic State attack". Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Amman | Berlin | London | Paris | Toronto | Washington DC. 23 December 2025. Archived from the original on 2026-01-05.
  19. 1 2 Pearlman, Jonathan (16 Dec 2025). "Bondi shooting sparks 'lone wolf' fears, gun law review as Australia reels from worst terror attack". The Straits Times. Singapore. National security expert Greg Barton said the Bondi shooting was "the worst terrorist attack on Australian soil", while noting that more Australians died in the Bali bombing – an attack by Islamists in 2002 that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. The worst attack by an Australian was a 2019 attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a gunman who killed 51 people.
  20. ↑ Baker, McGowan & Bachelard 2025: "Until recently, IS has been vague on the issue of Palestine. Historically, it has concentrated on Syria, Iraq and terror attacks on Westerners."
  21. ↑ Taylor, Chris (15 December 2025). "Bondi terror: we'll need a wide-ranging royal commission". www.aspistrategist.org.au The Strategist. Australia: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Yet thanks to effective counter-terrorism investigation and policing (including proactive threat disruption), geography and relative unavailability of firearms and explosives, Australia had been spared the scale of atrocities committed ... elsewhere. Until yesterday evening.
  22. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Pantazi-2025 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  23. ↑ Truu, Maani; Armstrong, Clare (15 December 2025). "National cabinet agrees unanimously to strengthen Australia's strict gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack". ABC News. Archived from the original on 15 December 2025.
  24. ↑ "Australia was seen as a world leader in gun control - Bondi has exposed a more complicated reality". www.bbc.com. 19 December 2025.
  25. ↑ Uras, Umut; Marsi, Federica; Rowlands, Lyndal (15 December 2025). "Explainer What gun control measures has Australia taken in the past?".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  26. ↑ Opinion articles and subscription publications:
  27. ↑ "Australian government says firearms hit a record high in 2025". The Japan Times. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  28. 1 2 Kaye, Byron (15 December 2025). "Beachside shooting throws Australia's gun control regime into question". Reuters.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  29. ↑ Tiffanie Turnbull (22 December 2025). "A memorial ends, but Bondi tragedy has left Australia reeling, again | 'I knew something was seriously wrong - again': Bondi area reels from two deadly attacks in two years".
  30. ↑ "Live Updates: At Least 10 Injured in Shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney". The New York Times. 14 December 2025.
  31. ↑ "Everything we know about the Bondi shooters". ABC listen: ABC News Daily. ABC News. 16 December 2025. (Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC investigative reporter) You might remember there was an attack last year in which a Sydney bishop was stabbed in Wakeley in a live streamed church service by a teenage boy.
  32. ↑ Afeeya Akhand (26 Apr 2024). "Recent stabbings highlight danger of online misinformation".
  33. ↑ Pearlman, Jonathan (14 December 2025). "'An act of evil': At least 16 dead, 40 injured in terrorist attack at Australia's Bondi Beach". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  34. 1 2 3 Cite error: The named reference Roy 2025 Indian Express was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  35. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Roy 200 v 100 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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