Australia Deteriorates in Terror Rankings After Bondi Beach Mass Shooting

Youth racialisation and lone-wolf actors are spurring terrorism in the West.

A man wearing an Israeli national flag attends a memorial for the victims of the terrorist mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 21, 2025. Audrey Richardson/Getty Images

Australia has recorded one of the largest slides down a global terrorism ranking index following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, when 15 people were killed by two gunmen.

The anti-Semitic attack that targeted a Jewish Hanukkah festival at Australia’s most famous beach was the worst terror attack Australian soil.