Veteran ABC Australia journalist Laura Tingle has claimed that the alleged Bondi Beach terror attack was not influenced by religion.
Tingle and host Patricia Karvelas were discussing the attack in which 15 victims were killed and dozens more hospitalised on the ABC ‘Politics Now’ podcast on Tuesday afternoon, where the claim was aired.
Karvelas said the alleged terrorists were “absolutely radicalised” and that their attack was born out of antisemitic views as “they were targeting Jews”.
But Tingle pushed back that the act of terrorism was not motivated by religion.
“It’s got nothing to do with religion,” she said.
“Their actions are not based on their religion.”
Veteran ABC journalist Laura Tingle has claimed that the alleged Bondi Beach terror attack was not influenced by religion. Picture by Rohan Thomson/Getty Images.
Sky News host Chris Kenny said Tingle and the ABC “ought to be ashamed of themselves”.
“Laura Tingle’s Jihad denialism is typical of the way the ABC and many members of the political class averted their eyes from Islamist extremism for many years.
“This country is failing to combat antisemitism and Islamist extremism because politicians refuse to address it head on.
The gunmen were shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as they carried out the massacre.
The actions were entirely motivated by religion.
I’m so sick of the ABC.