The Australian political landscape after the Bondi terror attack

On the 14th of December 2025, a terrorist attack occurred in Bondi, Sydney, Australia.
A father-son duo attacked a group of people celebrating a Jewish holiday on the beach.

This is quite the tragic event, and it has caused a lot of people to request a change in the laws.

However, I want to examine what these laws mean, and how they will affect the Australian social contract.

The Australian identity has changed throughout the years.

What started as a staunchly British colony in the 1700's has shaped to become something which was built upon the concept of being the working mans paradise.

After the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960's and 1970's, Australia has become a multicultural society, where people from all over the world come to Australia to live, work, and raise their families.

This happened slowly, and has been marked by an era of what might be called "cultural imperialism" where the Australian identity has been shaped by the influence of the United States, and to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom.

Among these cultural influences comes ideas of democracy, individual freedom and religious tolerance.

Typical sentiments of unity of Australian identity have come from a shared belief in the understanding of the importance of these ideas and the circumstances of which they came out of.

The Australian social contract is based on the idea that all Australians are equal, and that the government is there to protect the rights of all Australians.

Being that all Australians are equal, it is implied in our constitution that we have the right to freely express our ideas without persecution.

This is a very important aspect of our social contract, and it is something that has been cherished by Australians for generations, and it is a concept that is quite unique among the world's nations.

Due to groups opposing the multiculturalism of Australia, the Minn's Labor state government, and Albanese Labor federal government have been pushing for laws that would limit the right to express ideas, and instead, would persecute people who express ideas that are considered to be against the social harmony of our multicultural success story.

But given the limitation on our rights, it is clear that the Australian social contract is in danger of being destroyed.

If we deprive the Australian people of their rights, we deprive them of their identity, and we deprive them of their future which was fought for by generations of Europeans enlightened by the ideas of democracy, individual freedom and religious tolerance.

Here comes the hard part, which I'm not sure how to navigate, but I'm going to try my best to explain it.

Individuals come from all over the world to live in a nation which is based on the idea of equality, and the protection of individual rights.

But, if we deprive people of those rights in the accommodating of new-comers, we also deprive them of the opportunity to live in a nation which is based on the idea of equality, and the protection of individual rights.

So the question which must be asked next is, if these rights aren't protected and universal, what are we doing here?

The idea that we're all equal, and our ideas are important to democracy is a façade at best.

A new ideology is emerging in Australia, and it is one that is based on the idea that we should persecute people who express ideas that are considered to be against the social harmony of our multicultural success story.

But what is this success? Is it the fact that there's less terror attacks then people predicted? Is it wealth? The median Australian has less than a few thousands dollars in their bank account, and the current housing market in 2025 is the most expensive in recorded history.

Australia is being settled by thousands of new-comers every year, and the landscape they're being immigrated into is one that has basically destroyed it's foundational beliefs and values, and now says "things could be worse, let's just not let anyone cause offense about it".

I'm by no means against immigration but it's clear that the government has admitted that multiculturalism is dangerous and needs to be enforced with threats.

I'm not sure if that's a country I enjoy living in.

What are our rights? The right to almost earn enough money to raise a family? The right to live in a multicultural society?

Are those ideas you would cross the ocean and fight for?