‘Are we going to be safe?’: Julian Leeser tells of his son’s fears

From The Age

Jewish Liberal MP Julian Leeser has fought back tears as he described to the antisemitism royal commission the impact of the Bondi terror attack on his own child.

Leeser, the federal Liberal education spokesman, told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion his eight-year-old son’s reaction to going to a synagogue for a recent bar mitzvah.

“His little hand grabbed my hand pretty tight, and he said to me, ‘Dad, how do you know we’re going to be safe?’” Leeser said.

“I could see the police car there, I said to him, ‘Of course, we’ll be safe’. But of course, I couldn’t guarantee it.

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Tanya Cherny