Six months on, the pain of Bondi remains raw

Sunday marked six months since Australia suffered the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history.

On 14 December 2025, fifteen innocent people were murdered at Bondi Beach while celebrating the Jewish festival of Chanukah. Families were shattered, lives were changed forever, and an entire nation was left grieving.

For many Australians, it still feels like yesterday.

For the families who lost loved ones, for the survivors who carry physical and emotional scars, for the first responders who ran towards danger, and for Australia’s Jewish community, the pain remains as real and as raw today as it was six months ago.

Sunday night’s vigil at Bondi was a powerful reminder that while six months may have passed, grief does not follow a timetable.