Go ahead and file this one under ‘You Don’t Hate the Media Enough.’
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Global Affairs Editor Laura Tingle raised eyebrows during a recent podcast where she—not once, but twice—declared that the targeted terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening was not motivated by religion.
The target of the attack was a Hanukkah celebration to mark the first night of the Jewish holiday. The alleged perpetrators, as noted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who himself would love nothing more than to shift the blame onto inanimate guns, were inspired by ISIS. The attackers had an ISIS flag on the window of their car.
The first two letters in ISIS stand for “Islamic State.”
Tingle, however, would like the people of Australia to know there is absolutely no connection to religion whatsoever.
During an episode of the ABC’s “Politics Now” podcast, host Patricia Karvelas pointed out that the attackers were radicalized and anti-Semitic, to which Tingle interjected, “Their actions are not based on their religion.”
Karvelas actually tries to chime in, saying, “absolutely radicalized, these were.”
As if the first comment didn’t come through, Tingle reiterated that the terrorists and/or their terrorist actions “have got nothing to do with religion.”
High-profile ABC journalist Laura Tingle has claimed Sunday’s targeted attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach was not motivated by religion. Speaking on the ABC ‘Politics Now’ podcast on Tuesday afternoon, Tingle said the actions of the terrorists “have got nothing to do with… pic.twitter.com/E0ohvlU3VA
— The Australian (@australian) December 17, 2025
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Sarah Henderson, the Liberal Senator for Victoria, blasted Tingle’s comments as “deeply offensive and grossly irresponsible.”
“The ABC has a statutory obligation to disseminate news and information impartially and accurately,” Henderson wrote on X. “That one of the ABC’s most senior journalists says this murderous terrorist attack ‘has nothing to do with religion’ demonstrates a shocking lack of judgment at this truly horrific time for our nation.”
Josh Frydenberg, a former politician, also took aim at Tingle’s inane remarks.
“I heard one of the leading journalists from the ABC say that this (Bondi massacre) has nothing to do with religion,” he said. “Well, you know what that is, that’s propaganda.”
“I heard one of the leading journalists from the ABC say that this (Bondi massacre) has nothing to do with religion. Well, you know what that is, that’s propaganda.”
Josh FrydenbergABC’s Laura Tingle: Bondi attack had ‘nothing to do with religion’https://t.co/FIKas3PtXp pic.twitter.com/Lz4yQTxxxj
— Timjbo 🇦🇺 (@TimjboAU) December 17, 2025
The updated death toll in the terrorist attack in Sydney stands at 15 victims, which includes a 10-year-old, but excludes the one deceased shooter. Those people died because, as the Prime Minister states, “there’s evidence that this was inspired by a terrorist organization, by ISIS.”
“Now, some of the evidence which has been procured, including the presence of Islamic State flags in the vehicle that has been seized, are a part of that,” added Albanese. “Radical perversion of Islam is absolutely a problem. It is something that has been identified globally as a problem as well.”
The ISIS flag on the Bondi terrorist’s car. pic.twitter.com/vZpnOt87Gy
— AussieLoyalist (@LoyalistAussie) December 16, 2025
Time to wake up, Australia. The intent here is to propagandize to the point where they further restrict gun rights for the law-abiding, leaving them even more vulnerable to attacks like this by the law-breaking. Imagine how much easier it would have been for the Bondi Beach hero to take down the terrorist if he had a gun, as opposed to having to tackle him from behind.
What else would you expect from the Land Down Under? The world just watched what happened there during the pandemic.
Australia’s draconian COVID lockdowns represented one of the worst assaults on fundamental rights in a Western democracy, confining millions to their homes, imposing arbitrary curfews, and brutally suppressing peaceful protests with excessive police force.
Back to Tingle: It’s not like she’s afraid to paint a broad swath of people with the same brush. It’s just certain people she apparently won’t touch. Like Islamic terrorists.
Last year, in a discussion about limiting immigration, Tingle called Australia a “racist country.”
“We are a racist country, let’s face it. We always have been, and it’s very depressing,” she said.
When it comes to limiting immigration, the entire country is racist, in her view. When it comes to a very specific terrorist attack on the Jewish community by Islamic State-inspired terrorists, it’s just a shrug of the shoulders and another Ilhan Omar-esque “some people did something” moment.
You can’t hate the media enough.
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