Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has defended the time it took for the government to call for a Royal Commission after the Bondi terrorist attack.

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Heidi Murphy asked Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, “When did Anthony Albanese come to that realisation?”

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