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The intensity of his emotions was evident throughout his 23-minute speech, which was met with enthusiastic applause.
He urged the authorities to take decisive action against “hate preachers” after reports emerged connecting one of the suspected shooters to a radical cleric.
On Wednesday, former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg paid his respects at a temporary memorial set up at Bondi Beach.
“The individual responsible for this act was associated with a hate-inducing center in Bankstown. How can such a place be permitted to operate for even a single day more? I firmly reject this, and I say it should end now,” he declared.
Other recommendations yet to be implemented include the withdrawal of funding for universities and cultural institutions that fail to effectively address antisemitism and updating visa processes to screen for antisemitic views or affiliations.
“We’ll continue to work with the community to do what we can to stamp [it] out. We want to eradicate antisemitism — that is the objective here,” he told ABC radio.
