# Bondi Shopping Centre Incident **URL:** \ **Category:** General News and Current Affairs Topics\ **Created:** [April 13, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560 "2024-04-13T06:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![nationalnews](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nationalnews/32/16922_2.png) [@nationalnews](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/nationalnews)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/667 "2024-05-07T03:52:24Z")
Talking about 10 would have distracted from the issues MW was addressing about the ABC. The statement from Nine was interesting in how they resourced their newsroom, including perhaps why they didn’t have sport and weather segments in the 6pm bulletin: > **["Pathetic": Paul Barry slams ABC News live coverage of Bondi Westfield attacks...](https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/05/pathetic-paul-barry-slams-abc-news-live-coverage-of-bondi-westfield-attacks.html)** > > ABC host questions whether ABC News channel can justify its existence after live coverage was glaringly upstaged by Nine News. > [@](#): > > … Within 15 minutes of the attack we made the decision to go into rolling coverage and put out a call to all staff who were available to come in. > > We had 2 two journos and cameras on the ground outside Westfield, and the chopper overhead within 30 mins of the attack (the helicopter is a 9, 7 and ABC pooled resource but it was dispatched by 9)… > > By 5:30pm we had a total of 7 journos and 7 crews in the field, including one outside Waverly Police Station. > > In the office we also scrambled the following teams. Most were in the office within an hour of the attack: > > - Sydney Director of News and Executive Producer, A Current Affair. > - 1 Presenter (in addition to the 1 we already had) > - 2 Chief of Staff (in addition to the 2 already in the office) > - 3 Senior Journalists. > - 7 Producers (from News, ACA and Today) > - 3 Social Media Producers > > We already had a 6pm Executive Producer, Line up Producer and 3 producers who were in the office already, along with a team of editors and graphic artists and social media producers… Even our weather presenter was producing. > > In total, we had approximately 20-25 additional staff come in to help… > > We did not even have to ask most of these staff. They rang and volunteered to come in or just turned up at work. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/668 "2024-05-08T02:01:31Z")
> **[My daughter was killed in the Bondi Junction attack. How my family found out...](https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/my-daughter-was-killed-in-the-bondi-junction-attack-how-my-family-found-out-is-shameful-20240429-p5fnbw.html)** > > Seeing the vision of Jade’s last moments and knowing it has been broadcast to millions of people is an appalling breach of privacy and an insult to human dignity. * * * ABC statement > On April 13, the night of the tragic stabbing at Bondi Junction in Sydney ABC News channel inadvertently broadcast images of one of the victims - Jade Young - taken at the scene. We acknowledge those images were graphic and inappropriate. ABC News is deeply sorry about that. A decision had been made to either blur images like those, or not broadcast them at all. Unfortunately, in this instance that process failed and the videos were shown before they were blurred. > > It was an error of judgement for which we take full responsibility. The ABC apologises to Jade’s family and to anyone else who was distressed by the images. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/669 "2024-05-08T02:04:02Z")
> **[Man wrongly identified as Bondi Junction attacker calls for police to...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/ben-cohen-bondi-junction-stabbing-prosecute-social-media-users/103819170)** > > The lawyer for Ben Cohen, who was wrongly identified as being the Bondi Junction attacker, says a brief of evidence has been handed to police, identifying "malicious and irresponsible use of social media". ---
**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/670 "2024-06-23T06:45:00Z")
8 posts were merged into an existing topic: [General News Events - Coverage Discussion](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/general-news-events-coverage-discussion/343/1847) ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/671 "2024-11-11T23:13:54Z")
Inquest into deaths begins today. ![Grand_Designs_New_Zealand_20241112_0123.ts_016973733](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/c/7/f/c7fd4dd81664087ce7f375a8a39a01fa73094f7a.jpeg) ![Grand_Designs_New_Zealand_20241112_0123.ts_017011198](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/b/1/7/b1770a0008dc25f8228c63d897a026b2c6a92dd1.jpeg) [https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/inquest-into-bondi-junction-westfield-stabbing-announced/news-story/0fba3966009bbff64a33e000be5d4e8b](https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/inquest-into-bondi-junction-westfield-stabbing-announced/news-story/0fba3966009bbff64a33e000be5d4e8b) ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/672 "2025-04-09T23:05:50Z")
> **[Dawn Singleton’s family launch legal action against Nine, Sydney Morning Herald](https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/dawn-singleton-s-family-launch-legal-action-against-nine-sydney-morning-herald-20250407-p5lpxc.html)** > > The lawsuit over images of the Bondi Junction stabbing victim centres on use of the photographs in media reports. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/673 "2025-05-30T05:12:08Z")
> Families of some of the victims of the Bondi Junction stabbings have told the inquest that intrusive media tactics compounded their grief and that inaccurate reporting was rife. > > The inquest was extended to examine media reporting in the immediate aftermath of the event and the impact on the families of the deceased, giving the public a rare insight into what it’s like to be at the centre of the media spotlight. > **['Trauma porn': media urged to reflect on role as victims’ families speak at...](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/30/trauma-porn-media-urged-to-reflect-on-role-as-victims-families-speak-at-bondi-junction-stabbing-inquest)** > > Victim’s partner says media involvement ‘only served to exacerbate my pain’. Plus: Kerry Stokes’ media empire energised by North West Shelf gas approval ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/674 "2025-07-07T23:03:17Z")
> **[Singleton family agree to judgment in favour of Nine in landmark court battle](https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/singleton-family-agree-to-judgment-in-favour-of-nine-in-landmark-court-battle-20250707-p5md3t.html)** > > The family of Bondi Junction stabbing victim Dawn Singleton has agreed on the eve of a two-day trial to court orders ending their dispute against Nine. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/675 "2026-02-04T21:56:36Z")
> **[Inquest findings for Westfield Bondi Junction today, after delay](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/bondi-junction-westfield-stabbing-coronial-inquest-findings/106294950)** > > Findings from the coronial inquest into the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing will be handed down today. ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/676 "2026-02-06T01:53:20Z")
> **[ABC staff told not to use disappearing messages on topics including...](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/06/abc-staff-disappearing-messages-antisemitism-royal-commission-weekly-beast)** > > National Archives issues disposal freeze order ahead of royal commission. Plus: ABC News radio’s monumental mix-up > At the inquest into the Bondi Junction stabbings last year, families urged the coroner to make recommendations which may protect families in the future from intrusive media during mass casualty events. > On Thursday the New South Wales coroner’s court found that families were “retraumatised” by some of the coverage, including the airing of uncensored footage of victims, which Jade Young’s mother called “trauma porn”. Her daughter’s final moments at Westfield were broadcast on television, robbing Jade of privacy and dignity. Journalists scoured the social media accounts of victims for photographs and republished photographs without consent. > > Intrusions on privacy listed by the state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, include: reporters waiting outside family homes; a young sibling of a victim being approached by reporters on the way to school; social media accounts being bombarded with messages from journalists, and constant texting of victims’ families and notes left in letterboxes. The coroner said inaccurate and sensational reporting included that Dawn Singleton had been shopping for wedding makeup and that her childhood friend was the offender. Dawn’s family said the cumulative effects of the reporting had caused “immense and immeasurable pain”. > > O’Sullivan made two recommendations regarding the media. > > First, that the Australian Press Council (APC), a self-regulatory body, should develop new advisory guidelines specifically for reporting on “mass casualty incidents” to balance public interest with the grief of families. > > Secondly, that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) should consult with broadcasters on amending codes of practice to better govern the reporting of such violent events. > > Sadly, these recommendations, if implemented, are unlikely to have a significant impact on media reporting. > > Generally regarded as toothless tigers, both institutions are slow to act on complaints and media companies rarely face financial penalties for breaches. > > Newspapers must publish adverse adjudications and broadcasters usually have to introduce more training for staff following breaches but these measures are widely seen as ineffective. > > A case in point is The Kyle & Jackie O Show which had 12 breaches last year alone. Under the legislation, the Acma does not have the power to issue civil penalties or fines for breaches of the commercial broadcaster codes. > > Guardian Australia is not a member of the APC but has an independent readers’ editor that investigates complaints and publishes corrections and clarifications. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560/677 "2026-04-13T09:15:50Z")
> **[Bondi Junction security guard who confronted attacker awarded bravery medal](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-13/bravery-awards-westfield-bondi-junction-stabbing-attack-heroes/106553352)** > > Two years on from the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing attack, eight heroes have been recognised in a special Australian Bravery Decorations honours list. [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/bondi-shopping-centre-incident/24560.md?page=33)