CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

ALISON PIOTROWSKI, HOST:Well, it's taken three weeks, but the Prime Minister has finally announced a Royal Commission into antisemitism following the Bondi terror attack.

JOEL DRY, HOST:It comes 26 days on from the deadliest mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, joins us now from Canberra. Prime Minister, why did you take so long to call the Royal Commission? Did you fold under pressure?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. This is actually record time for ever calling a Royal Commission, if you go back in history. We wanted to make sure in the immediate aftermath of this antisemitic terrorist a...