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Gun reforms should be prioritised and policing around Jewish events increased, royal commission says.
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The commission - Australia's most powerful form of public inquiry - was announced in January, three weeks after two gunmen opened fire at an event marking Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people.
The interim report by former High Court judge Virginia Bell also gave 14 recommendations including prioritisation of gun reforms and extending the policing arrangements for Jewish high holy days to other Jewish events as well.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a National Security Committee meeting had agreed to implement all of Bell's recommendations.
On 14 December last year, a father-and-son duo - armed with rifles and shotguns - targeted a Sunday afternoon event at a Bondi Beach park.
Sajid Akram, 50, was killed by police at the scene of the shootings and his son Naveed Akram - the other alleged attacker - was critically injured and later transferred from hospital to prison.
The 24-year-old has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist attack.
Thursday's report noted an email sent to New South Wales (NSW) Police by Jewish security group CSG NSW on 8 December advising them of upcoming Jewish events and requesting policing measures.
The email said that the current security alert level for the Jewish community was "'HIGH. A terrorist attack against the NSW Jewish Community is likely and there is a high level of antisemitic vilification", according to the report.
NSW Police acknowledged "a request for police presence at these events" but said it had "received no specific request for dedicated police resources" for the Hanukkah event, according to the report.
Differences between the information provided by NSW Police and CSG NSW "cannot be resolved on the information presently available to the Commission," it continued.
The rep
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