Cancelled Richardson review a better option to assess Bondi security

Similar comments could be made about proposals (recommendation 4) to upgrade the counter-terrorism handbook. Isn't that what an alert public service should be doing all the time? As for recommendations 13 and 14 on national firearms control and buyback arrangements, it is probably good for a royal commission to give all Australian governments a prompt to update arrangements. Yet, the prime minister flagged this in December, and isn't it tangential to the underlying issue of antisemitism?

This interim report's early release, made before any hearings, was driven by the timeframe the government had given to the Richardson review that was appointed before the royal commission. Its more informal processes and role would have better suited the early interim reporting date?

The government could have considered a later date for the interim report that would have better suited a royal commission, given it time to hold hearings, distil the submissions and assess information and thus be able to make a more considered and lasting report.