Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has faced criticism for waiting 37 days after the Bondi Beach attack to use the phrase 'radical Islamic extremism' in Parliament. The delay was questioned by television host Nat Barr during an interview with Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth, who defended the government's approach to addressing hate but did not directly answer why the term was not used earlier. The discussion comes as new anti-hate speech laws and changes to gun legislation have passed, giving the government greater powers to ban extremist groups and cancel visas for those spreading hate. Opposition figures have accused the Prime Minister of not doing enough to support the Jewish community and failing to address the specific threat of radical extremism promptly.
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