Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs answers questions in the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee on October 07, 2025 in Canberra, Australia. Australia’s parliament convened for sittings as a number of pressing issues come to the fore, from inflation and cost of living domestically to Australia’s relationship with its allies in the region and internationally. Photo by Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has expressed sorrow over the Bondi terrorist attack and conceded more could have been done before Australia’s worst mass shooting in three decades.
Asked if she would apologise to the Jewish community, Senator Wong said she was “desperately sorry for what has occurred in our country and what the Jewish community have experienced.”
