Families Fear Bondi Massacre Inquiry ‘Will Fall Apart’ After Ex-ASIO Chief Quits

Victims’ families say the royal commission risks losing focus after former spy chief Dennis Richardson abruptly quits the probe.

Family members of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed during a shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, react during a funeral at Chabad of Bondi, in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 17, 2025. Hollie Adams/Pool/Reuters

Families of people murdered in the Bondi massacre fear the royal commission into anti-Semitism will become a farce following the sudden resignation of a former ASIO boss from the inquiry.

Former spy chief and US ambassador Dennis Richardson announced he was quitting the probe as he was “surplus to requirements.”