I ran this through ChatGPT to get it under 5000 characters. However, if you want to read the original, the link is at the bottom.
Tony Abbott is so genuine. I have bet him at different events multiple times. He definitely isn't racist. He speaks this stuff from a place of patriotism, which is colourblind.
Tony Abbott: Bondi massacre is what happens when assimilation fails
Western countries must ensure newcomers embrace their values
By Tony Abbott
18 December 2025
NATIONAL POST
It is Australia’s great shame that the worst atrocity committed against Jewish people since the October 7 massacre occurred here. In this grim respect, Australia now joins other Western nations grappling with militant Islamist extremism—despite the courage of a Muslim bystander who wrestled a gun from one attacker.
This atrocity did not arise in isolation. It represents the latest escalation in a campaign of Jew hatred that began almost immediately after October 7, when local Islamist preachers publicly rejoiced in the slaughter. It continued with a mob at the Sydney Opera House chanting “f—k the Jews,” followed by more than 100,000 people marching across the Sydney Harbour Bridge shouting “death to the IDF” and “globalize the intifada.”
As was entirely predictable, incitement has now translated into violence. Graffiti and vandalism gave way to synagogue firebombings, and now mass murder at Bondi. When calls for violence are tolerated, violence inevitably follows—and not only against Jews, but against anyone who does not conform to the demands of an apocalyptic Islamist worldview.
Yet Australia’s political response has been one of extraordinary weakness. No hate preachers have been prosecuted or deported. No extremist marches have been banned, despite laws that clearly permit such action when protest becomes intimidation. Instead, political leaders have pointed to tougher gun laws—despite Australia already having some of the strictest in the world—rather than confronting the Islamist ideology that celebrates “death to the infidel.”
Equally troubling is the continued reluctance, in the name of avoiding offence, to debate whether all belief systems are compatible with a liberal democratic society. Support for a caliphate or theocratic rule sits in obvious conflict with democratic parliaments, freedom of speech, religion, assembly and conscience—principles long taken for granted in Australia and across the West.
Since 1993, new citizens have pledged allegiance to Australia, affirming that they share its democratic beliefs, respect its rights and liberties, and uphold its laws. Since 2007, adult migrants have also been required to pass a citizenship test, including questions on freedom of religion and equality before the law. These are modest expectations, yet around 35 per cent of applicants reportedly fail. In the wake of the Bondi massacre, citizenship must mean more than reciting words—it must reflect genuine commitment.
Australia has always been a settler nation, but migrants were once expected to integrate quickly, learn English, work, and ultimately assimilate into the national mainstream. Multiculturalism, imported from Canada in the 1970s, has weakened this expectation, fostering “hyphenated Australians,” empty slogans, and grievance-driven identity politics that extremist ideologies readily exploit.
Because migrants choose Australia, presumably for what it is, we do them no favour by diluting the Anglo-Celtic civic culture or the Judaeo-Christian ethical framework that underpin our freedoms. In a multiethnic society, strong civic patriotism—rooted in shared values and common history—is essential to national cohesion.
While discrimination based on race or religion is rightly rejected, societies must still discriminate on values. Failure to do so risks self-destruction through misplaced tolerance. That Australia is now debating deporting extremist non-citizens and scrutinising visa applicants’ public views is overdue. The tragedy is that it has taken our worst terrorist outrage to make these truths speakable again.
SOURCE:
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tony-abbott-bondi-massacre-is-what-happens-when...