Former Australian minister says radical Islam pulled the trigger in nation's worst terror attack
Josh Frydenberg argues ideology and security gaps contributed to Bondi Beach massacre as Australia tightens gun laws
Former Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Fox News Digital from Sydney that radical Islam pulled the trigger in the nation’s worst terror attack.
"While guns may have stolen the lives of the 15 innocent souls killed at Bondi Beach, it was actually radical Islam which pulled the trigger," Frydenberg said in the interview. He added that the government’s response has focused on the weapon rather than the ideology behind the violence. Frydenberg’s remarks come as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese moves to tighten Australia’s already strict gun laws, including plans for a national gun buyback scheme and additional firearms restrictions. He said the measures risk avoiding a harder reckoning with what he described as years of ignored extremism, rising antisemitism and security failures that left Jewish Australians increasingly vulnerable.
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