To the Prime Minister, Attorney-General, Home Affairs Minister, NSW Premier, and NSW Police Minister:

We call for an immediate Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi Beach terror attack, with full powers to compel witnesses and documents and to take evidence under oath.

We further call for an immediate pause on any firearms law changes and any buyback proposals until the Royal Commission reports.

Why this matters
Bondi was a national security and policing systems failure. Before governments impose permanent legal changes on law-abiding firearm owners and lawful businesses, Australians are entitled to know what failed and why based on sworn evidence, not political messaging.

A government-led review however respected the reviewer does not provide the same independence or coercive powers required to establish the truth.

Only a Royal Commission can:

• compel testimony and documents,
• examine and test conflicting accounts,
• establish a verified timeline of decisions and failures, and
• deliver authoritative findings with public legitimacy

What must be examined under oath

The Royal Commission must investigate the end-to-end failure pathway, including:

1. Intelligence triage, escalation, and re-assessment — what was known, what thresholds applied, and whether risk was properly re-evaluated as circumstances changed.
2. Inter-agency information sharing — whether relevant information moved effectively into operational settings and decision-making.
3. NSW Police operational readiness and response — whether policing posture, resourcing, and operational decision-making were adequate.
4. Licensing and oversight integrity (where relevant) — whether existing suitability safeguards, processes, and escalation triggers were applied correctly, and whether system capability or information silos undermined outcomes.
5. Government governance and accountability — whether decisions about national security priorities, structures, and resourcing weakened preparedness.

Why firearms law changes must be paused
Law-abiding firearm owners are already among the most regulated citizens in Australia. If government systems failed to apply existing safeguards effectively, the solution is to fix system integrity not to impose blanket restrictions that primarily punish compliant citizens and lawful businesses.

Rushed reforms made in the aftermath of tragedy are also at high risk of being symbolic rather than effective, damaging legitimate rural and sporting use, harming lawful small businesses, and eroding public confidence in the rule of law.

Public safety must be evidence-based. Evidence requires sworn testimony, compellable disclosure, and independent findings.

What we are asking for (clear demands)

1. Establish a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack immediately (coercive powers; evidence under oath).
2. Pause all proposed firearms law changes and buyback measures until the Royal Commission reports.
3. Publish and fund a counter-terror and illicit firearms disruption implementation plan responding to the Commission’s findings.

Sign this petition if you support public safety through accountability under oath before any rushed firearms law changes are imposed on law-abiding Australians.