Former Attorney General Optimistically Declares 'Worst Nightmare' Won't Ruin Picnic
KEY POINTS
- •Mark Dreyfus, former attorney general and human rights envoy, responded on December 16, 2025, to a terror attack in Australia.
- •The attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach resulted in 15 Jewish community members killed and many children hospitalized.
- •Dreyfus said Australians will unite to reject hatred and that this event was worse than 'anyone’s worst nightmares.'
On December 16, 2025, Australia faced a nightmare so bad it could only be addressed by Mark Dreyfus, former attorney general turned eternal optimist and special envoy for international human rights. Speaking on Radio National, Dreyfus tried to console a nation still reeling from a Hanukkah terror attack that left 15 Jewish community members murdered and dozens, including children, hospitalized. Despite the horror at Bondi Beach, he declared that 'hatred will not divide Australia'—because if there's anything better than tragedy, it's hope delivered live where listeners demand cheer, even as they process grief. Australians, he assures us, will unite like voles in a thankless labyrinth of fate.
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Mark Dreyfus says hatred won’t divide Australia after Bondi attack, because nothing says community like tuning into grief via radio at dawn.
Optimism is great until you're explaining over breakfast how hatred nearly ended a Hanukkah celebration forever.
If words could fix everything, Bondi would be a jazz concert and not a tragedy report.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 12/16/2025 | Author: Cait Kelly
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