From tolerance to terror

And this is the result.

And finally, Prime Minister, no ifs, no buts, no equivocations, no distractions. You must call a royal commission into what has happened here and into the rise of anti-Semitism in our country.

Prime Minister, you have supported a royal commission into our banks.

You have supported a royal commission into our welfare ­system.

You have supported a royal commission into aged care.

And now the deadliest terrorist attack in Australia's history has ­occurred on your watch.

There are no ifs, there are no buts. There must be a royal commission called immediately, and we here deserve answers. We don't need pious words of comfort. We need answers.

How did people come into this country with these views that are so antithetical to our democratic ­ideals?

How did these people in Australia go unchecked to the Philippines for terrorist training?

How did these people acquire ­licensed firearms that they used on innocent civilians?

How were these people radicalised in Islamic ideology?

So how, with some 1000 ­people here for a Hanukkah celebration, during a heightened threat environment, did we have just three police ill-equipped to provide the first and fundamental duty of both the state and the federal government, to protect the safety of their citizens?