The Guardian | 30 April 2026
Former counter-terror intelligence chief and anti-hate CEO backs royal commission report
By Nino Bucci
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Tahli Blicblau – the CEO of the Dor Foundation, an independent not-for-profit organisation focused on strengthening Australia’s response to antisemitism and hate – said the interim royal commission report represented an important “first chapter” for governments to act on.
Blicblau, who is also the former director of strategic intelligence and capabilities at the NSW crime commission, where she worked to prevent and disrupt serious organised crime and terrorism, said:
The recommendations made today are urgent and actionable, and government should not wait for December to act on them. This commission is the most powerful tool the country has to fix this – we are backing the process, and we urge every Australian to do the same.
No single agency is ever going to see the whole threat picture alone. What Australia must strive for is an intelligence and security architecture that connects the dots strategically, acts cooperatively and always evolves to stay ahead of the threat environment.
The report found that no agency told the commission it was prevented from acting by the existing legal framework. That is significant. The failures identified are not about what the law allows. They are about how the system was organised, coordinated, resourced and run.
Blicblau also said the first round of public hearings to start on Monday were significant as they would help explain the lived experience of antisemitism for Jewish Australians.