Anthony Albanese – Prime Minister

We must channel our anger into meaningful action to ensure an atrocity such as this can never happen again. That responsibility starts with me, as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister.

Sussan Ley – Opposition Leader

We will remember your loved ones not just as victims of a terrible crime, but as vibrant individuals who lived, loved and contributed enormously to our country. In the aftermath of this tragedy, we must strive to ensure that the memories of those 15 beautiful souls truly becomes a blessing.

Mark Dreyfus – former Attorney-General and Jewish Labor MP

For every person murdered their families and friends left behind. A home left quieter, clothes still hanging in wardrobes, photos on walls that will never be updated, children asking when someone is coming home.

Allegra Spender – Independent MP for Wentworth

It was an attack on [Jewish Australians] and an attack on our Australian values. Our country will never be the same, nor should it be. The question is, who we become now?

Julian Leeser – Shadow Education Minister and Jewish Liberal MP

Bondi represents a moment of choice. Will we stay in the political cul-de-sac that we have been in for over 800 days, or will we tackle the sources and causes of antisemitism in this country?

Josh Burns – Jewish Labor MP

For Jewish Australians, this country means so much. This country means so much for our community. This country means everything. It has been a safe haven for our community and a safe haven for our people who fled persecution and dehumanisation.

Larissa Waters – Leader of the Greens

The heinous acts of two men cannot be allowed to become a catalyst for more hate and division. We must collectively act against all forms of hate and intolerance, whether it’s directed at a Jewish man for his kippah, a queer person for who they love, or a Muslim woman for wearing a hijab.”

Penny Wong – Foreign Minister

15 names, 15 lives, 15 voices silenced, 15 absences which will be forever felt. Innocent victims to the worst terrorist attack on Australian soil, along with 41 injured. A targeted anti-Semitic terrorist attack, Inspired by extremist ideology, ISIS ideology.

David Littleproud – Leader of the Nationals

Ultimately, it is for us not to let this become a footnote in our history, but instead to have the courage to make it a defining moment as an enduring legacy to those lives lost - to eradicate this type of evil from our country.

Mike Freelander – Jewish Labor MP

The people that were murdered at Bondi were murdered not just by men who were anti-Semitic. They were anti civilisation. These people... Need to be rooted out, no matter where they come from. […] And I apologise deeply to the people who were killed and who were injured, that we couldn't, as a country, we couldn't protect you. And it makes me deeply sad.