Why Albo does not want Royal Commission into Bondi Beach deaths

From UK correspondent Andrew Andreotti

Research Report: Real Reason Current Federal ALP Government Do Not Want to Call a Royal Commission into Bondi Shooting December 2025

Executive Summary: Real Reason is that, since 1970’s Communist Aligned ALP MPs have been trying to stop reformation of State Based Police “Special Branch” Departments, from developing and storing “dirt files” on serving MPs, especially Communist backed or Communist loving MPs.

Case Precedence: On 13 February 1978, the Sydney Hilton Hotel was bombed, one of the few domestic terrorist incidents on Australian soil. The Hotel was the location for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Three people in the street were killed – two council workers and a policeman – and several others injured. Former police officer Terry Griffiths, who was injured in the explosion, provided some evidence that suggested ASIO might have orchestrated the bombing or been aware of the possibility and allowed it to proceed. In 1985, the Director-General of Security issued a specific denial of the allegation. In 1991 the New South Wales parliament unanimously called for a joint State-Federal inquiry into the bombing. However, the Federal government vetoed any inquiry

Summary Timeline Since World War 2:

1901 – The Australian Government assumed responsibility for national security and intelligence on federation in 1901, and took over various state agencies and had to rationalise their functions

1939 – The forerunner of the Special Branch in the South Australian Police Force was the intelligence section established in 1939, on the eve of World War 2.

1941 – Commonwealth Security Service (CSS) was formed in 1941 to investigate organisations and individuals considered likely to be subversive or actively opposed to national interests; to investigate espionage and sabotage

1945 (June 1945) CSS produced a report warning of the danger of the Communist Party of Australia

1948 – The New South Wales Police Special Branch Unit was established in 1948 to liaise with military intelligence units and assist in the maintenance of national security. It was modelled on New Scotland Yard’s Special Branch and took the same name. The unit’s major focus during the Cold War era was monitoring members and sympathizers of the Communist Party and other left-wing political groups. Later, the focus shifted with the rise of international terrorism in the 1960s. The Special Branch’s activities included advising the Commissioner of Police on potential violence or civil disorder, providing intelligence about proposed demonstrations, gathering information on ethnic community factions, and assisting in security arrangements for high-profile visits.

1949 – ASIO formed as an organisation, The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is the domestic intelligence and national security agency of the Australian Government, responsible for protecting Australia from espionage, sabotage, foreign interference, politically motivated violence, terrorism, and attacks on the national defence system. ASIO is a primary entity of the Australian Intelligence Community.

1949 (July) ASIO raided on the Sydney office of the Communist Party of Australia

1949 (December) – ALP Chiefly Government lose power over mishandling of Australian Communist Movement

1951 (February) – Petrov Affair, This affair sparked controversy in Australia when circumstantial links were noted between the leader of the Australian Labor Party and the Communist Party of Australia (and hence to the Soviet spy ring).

1951 – Menzies Government bans Australian Communist Party

1950s – The operation to crack the Soviet spy ring in Canberra consumed much of the resources of ASIO during the 1950s. This operation became internally known as “The Case”. Among the prime suspects of the investigations were Wally Clayton, a prominent member of the Australian Communist Party, and two diplomats with the Department of External Affairs, Jim Hill and Ian Milner. However, no charges resulted from the investigations, because Australia did not have any laws against peacetime espionage at the time

1972 – Gough Whitlam ALP Government wins Federal Election, ALP take a dim view to ASIO and Australian Intelligence in General

1973 (March) – Attorney General Lionel Murphy organises Raids Melbourne and Canberra ASIO Office, around time Yugoslav President Tito was due to visit Australia

1974 – The Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security (RCIS) was established on 21 August 1974 by Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam to investigate the Australian Intelligence Community. (Justice Robert Hope) and concluded its work in 1977. It aimed to make recommendations about the machinery for ministerial control, direction, and coordination of the security and intelligence services.

1975 (November) – Whitlam Dismissed

1970s – The penetration of ASIO by a KGB mole in the 1970s. Due to the close defence and intelligence ties between Australia and the United States, ASIO became a backdoor to American intelligence. Upon realising ASIO was compromised, the United States pulled back on the information it shared with Australia

1977 – Mr Peter Ward, who had been Executive Assistant to Mr Don Dunstan, Premier of South Australia, and who was then Adelaide Bureau Chief of the Australian, alleged that up to 10,000 secret dossiers on South Australians had been compiled and were being kept by the South Australian Police Special Branch Unit.

1978 February –Sydney Hilton Hotel Bombing. On 13 February 1978, the Sydney Hilton Hotel was bombed, one of the few domestic terrorist incidents on Australian soil. The Hotel was the location for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Three people in the street were killed – two council workers and a policeman – and several others injured. Former police officer Terry Griffiths, who was injured in the explosion, provided some evidence that suggested ASIO might have orchestrated the bombing or been aware of the possibility and allowed it to proceed. In 1985, the Director-General of Security issued a specific denial of the allegation. In 1991 the New South Wales parliament unanimously called for a joint State-Federal inquiry into the bombing. However, the Federal government vetoed any inquiry.

1978 – When premier Don Dunstan confronted South Australian police commissioner Harold Salisbury with the 1977 White Report into the police special branch activities, he said he was extremely displeased that Salisbury had misled him and the public. Salisbury Resigned

1978 – Since 1978, the Australian Government’s National Anti-Terrorism Plan has required each state police force to maintain a specialised counter-terrorist and hostage-rescue unit.

1979 – Australian Federal Police formed by new Commonwealth Act and reform of ASIO by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.[

1983 – Wood Royal Commission into NSW Police

1997 (March 12) – NSW Police Special Branch disbanded by Commissioner of NSW Police. This was in response to investigations by the Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service and later the Police Integrity Commission.

1998 – NRS-18689 | Intelligence dossiers [New South Wales Police Special Branch] NSW State Archives Collection AGY-1221 | Police Subversive Organisations Branch [I] ; AGY-1222 | Military/Police Intelligence Branch ; AGY-1223 | Police Subversive Organisations Branch [II] ; AGY-1224 | New South Wales Police Special Branch

This series consists of files, known as ‘dossiers’ containing information concerning individuals, groups, terrorist activities, close personal protection of dignitaries, politicians or high profile figures visiting New South Wales, bomb threats and information received from other organisations.

Prior to the creation of an Intelligence Dossier, Main Index Cards would be used to record information concerning a subject or individual. When the number of Main Index Cards exceeded several, a Dossier would be created.

Intelligence dossiers would include all information accumulated on both coloured temporary and Main (Blue) Index Cards prior to the creation of a dossier. Some matters became the subject of a dossier straight away, for example a subject file in which a lot of information was going to be collected, such as the Sydney bid for the 2000 Olympics Games.

Conclusion: Real Reason Current Federal ALP Government Do Not Want to Call a Royal Commission into Bondi Shooting December 2025 is to stop Commission recommending the reformation of State Based Police “Special Branch” Departments, from developing and storing “dirt files” on serving MPs, especially Communist backed or Communist loving MPs, especially since 1970’s Communist Aligned ALP MPs such as Albanese.

Editor: The term Royal is superfluous in any government terminology because the Crown was removed by Whitlam in the 1970’s. Refer Sue-v-Hill HCA 30 199, CLR 462