Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been heavily criticised for repeatedly bringing up “right-wing extremism” when asked about the Muslim terrorist attack at Bondi that left 16 dead.
One of the gunmen, 24-year-old Naveed Akram, was investigated by spy agency ASIO for links to an Islamic State terror cell, but his Pakistani immigrant father Sajid Akram, 50, was allowed to hold a gun licence and owned six firearms.
Sajid was shot dead by police and Naveed is in a critical condition in a Sydney hospital. An IS flag was found in the car they drove to the scene along with a homemade bomb.
When asked about ASIO’s advice on the terror threat on Monday, Mr Albanese suddenly brought up “the rise of right-wing extremist groups”, and then in an interview with ABC’s 730 that evening again deflected to the “far-right” while saying gun laws needed to be “updated for the change in threat”.
Following a t*rrorist attack targeting jews in Sydney by islamic t*rrorists, the Prime Minister of Australia warns about “right-wing extremism.” pic.twitter.com/rH4qoIKZQu
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese continues to argue that the threat of the “far right” is driving rising tensions in the community, saying it remains his top priority when it comes to gun law reform. pic.twitter.com/qZ80akrWrj
— Australians vs. The Agenda (@ausvstheagenda) December 15, 2025
“We live in a more dangerous world in 2025, the threat of anti-Semitism, as we have seen, is very real, threats of other occurrences such as the rise of the far-right, which had also been identified, of course, by [ASIO boss] Mike Burgess, also a threat as well,” he said.
But many in Australia and around the world objected to Mr Albanese highlighting right-wing extremism, including popular X account Libs of TikTok who weighed in with a viral post.
“Following a terrorist attack targeting Jews in Sydney by Islamic terrorists, the Prime Minister of Australia warns about ‘right-wing extremism’,” Libs of TikTok wrote in a caption while sharing a clip from content creator Australians vs. The Agenda.
“Having Anthony Albanese as our PM is now an international embarrassment,” he responded.
“Right wing positions of mass deportations and limiting legal migration would have saved lives in this case. Right wing ‘extremism’ would have saved lives. I’m so sick of this. People pretend the solutions don’t exist and blame the people with the ACTUAL solutions as racist,” replied former US Department of Energy nuclear scientist Matt Van Swol.
“’Right wing extremist’ groups aren’t massacring innocent people,” wrote prominent lawyer and former Liberal candidate Katherine Deves.
“The left doing politics. Much serious. Instead of focusing on the real and rising problem of radical Islam, they shadow box at the imaginary bogeymans of gun control and ‘right wing’,” she said in a separate reply to the 730 comments.
“Is this dickhead really pulling a Keir Starmer and trying to deflect to the “rise of the far right” Are you kidding me,” wrote Celine Baumgarten on X.
“How the heck did right wing extremists get into this conversation?” asked another confused Aussie.
“Same leftist agenda playbook being deployed. Use murderous Islamic atrocities and twist the narrative to make it about ‘right wing’ extremism. Same tactic was used by Starmer after the Southport slayings in the UK,” observed a third user.
Mr Albanese’s comments came as he and NSW Premier Chris Minns focused on strengthening gun laws during the aftermath of the massacre, rather than on the terrorists and their religion or ideology.
Federal, state and territory governments then agreed on a major overhaul of Australia’s firearms legislation, including limiting the number of guns that can be owned by one person, and limiting open-ended licensing.
Header image: Left, Mr Albanese visits Bondi on Monday (PMO). Right, Naveed Akram during the attack (Sky News).
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