Albanese Snubbed at Rabbi's Funeral as Frydenberg Demands Hate Preacher Ban

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was not invited to the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim of the Bondi Beach mass shooting that killed 15 people. The Wednesday funeral in Sydney's Bondi was attended by NSW Premier Chris Minns, former PM Scott Morrison, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, and Jewish MP Josh Burns, but not Albanese. Former deputy Liberal leader Josh Frydenberg delivered a scathing rebuke, blaming Albanese for allowing radicalization to flourish and calling for a ban on 'hate preachers' like Wissam Haddad of Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre, linked to shooter Naveed Akram. Frydenberg urged a royal commission and accused the government of abandoning the Jewish community. Meanwhile, Minns announced NSW parliament would reconvene to pass stricter gun laws and restrict protests during the terror alert. Akram faces 59 charges including 15 counts of murder. The response has become deeply politicized, with the opposition launching an antisemitism taskforce.