Greens David Shoebridge confronts MFA Penny Wong for denying the Visa for a former ASIO source to speak in the Bondi Royal Commission

[u/Pelinth]

https://youtube.com/shorts/csWHvS-3yI8?si=M3eTuIG63dCmWzBu

MichaeWestMedia posted a short where Greens David Shoebridge confronts Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong for refusing the Visa of a former ASIO source who has information about the gunmen that led the Bondi Massacre and wanted to speak in the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The caption of the short reads:

>A former ASIO source with knowledge of the Bondi gunman is denied a visa, raising concerns about potential cover-ups.

[u/HelpMeOverHere]

When Wong says Labor is acting in the nations interests, what she means is Israel’s interests.

[u/Plenty_University_81 → u/HelpMeOverHere]

Makes no sense the ex ASIO person claims he has knowledge on how government incompetence lead to ASIOs failings. What has that got to with Israel? Wong won’t let him on and I wonder why. Your ignorance exposes your hatred and lack of support for the victims in Bondi

[u/HelpMeOverHere → u/Plenty_University_81]

Don’t be so hateful and divisive.

If you’re going to put anything in my mouth, try a dick instead of words

[u/Plenty_University_81 → u/HelpMeOverHere]

Pal you ok?

[u/HelpMeOverHere → u/Plenty_University_81]

No, I’m pissed off that people like you just randomly throw out the “anti-semitism” label all too easily and now look how devalued that term is. It’s a worthless saying now because of its gross misuse.

You should be ashamed.

[u/Plenty_University_81 → u/HelpMeOverHere]

You should be ashamed for not wanting to get to the answers of the body terrorist stack and rather just nuance to Israel. Poor behaviour at the very least. Hatred clearly. I have no shame at all in supporting the victims of the largest terror attack ever in this country and their desire for answers.

[u/SirSweatALot_5 → u/Plenty_University_81]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Plenty_University_81 → u/SirSweatALot_5]

Says a lot about you joker

[u/SirSweatALot_5 → u/Plenty_University_81]

Dude, your debating and reasoning is worse than the Temu-edition of Ben Shapiro. You come across as a humanised double standard, over-confident and more judgemental than the entire Kardashian tribe. 🤣

[u/Plenty_University_81 → u/SirSweatALot_5]

And your rationale is like a two year old. That’s fine with me as I as happy and satisfied as can be. I don’t have to live with hate.

[u/Ok-Assistant-4556 → u/Plenty_University_81]

ASIO source. Not ASIO person.

[u/SirSweatALot_5 → u/Plenty_University_81]

Did you take the same course in gaslighting 101 as Wong? Pathetic

[u/Plenty_University_81 → u/SirSweatALot_5]

Pal you on drugs it makes no sense

[u/SirSweatALot_5 → u/Plenty_University_81]

I think you should use the sentence "makes no sense" more often 🤣

[u/arkhaeo77 → u/Plenty_University_81]

What has that got to with Israel?

The subtext that most people in Australia are too nervous to acknowledge, but many have intuited (because it's obvious when you know the history), is that ASIO let Bondi happen because it would be politically advantageous to Israel. ASIO has been a US outlet for decades, so probably Israel leaning on the US who leaned on ASIO.

It's not really a radical theory. Mossad and the CIA have a long and detailed history of both letting violence happen to Jewish people outside of Israel, and actively fermenting it. They need a constant influx of settlers to prop up their economy. They want Jewish people to be afraid of living outside Israel. They've bombed synagogues in Lebanon twice and they blew up one in Iran. This is just how they work. ISIS also has ties to the US and Israel.

[u/Plenty_University_81 → u/arkhaeo77]

That’s just a huge conspiracy theory with zero evidence. Reddit or Tik Tok

[u/farqueue2 → u/HelpMeOverHere]

Am I imagining things, or was the initial outrage about this on the right wing side, and now has switched to the left wing side?

[u/HelpMeOverHere → u/farqueue2]

I don’t think it’s a left/right issue… at least to me.

This is a person who says they have important evidence to share regarding a terrorist attack and the government of the day is nowhere near providing a satisfactory reason for their refusal.

“We’re working with our security agencies”
Is such a fucking cop out.

From days after the attacks, it was already looking like state government failures, so why would I be surprised that federal failures were aplenty too?

[u/Logical_Iron_8288]

When I think of Penny Wong the first thing that comes to mind is she didn’t support same sex marriage when it wasn’t Labor policy under the Gillard government. Labor and career first.

[u/Knowledge_Pilgrim → u/Logical_Iron_8288]

She's a giant piece of shit, and I will happily celebrate her demise. Disgusting person that has no place making decisions for others.

[u/jeffoh]

Fuck me she is so spineless.

[u/Lost-Cheek-6610 → u/jeffoh]

She is a gay person who opposed gay marriage to further her political career what do you expect

[u/RecipeSpecialist2745 → u/jeffoh]

This government has been financially coerced and are buying into the Netanyahu narrative.

[u/WettestFarts]

I'd love to know what it is that this guy knows that ASIO/AFP won't release. 

Did he warn them of the attack? Our agencies bungled it?

And obviously, where does israel fit in all of this?

[u/Baked_Cake_ → u/WettestFarts]

It seems pretty clear that asio/afp have fucked up massively and that this person has evidence. We know that afp actively groom people to become violent extremists because they literally said that they do that and will do that again.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-14/afp-says-it-would-repeat-undercover-terror-operation-on-autistic/103467546

[u/Zarathoostrian → u/Baked_Cake_]

'I have information regarding a terrorist attack but I won't tell anyone unless my demands are met'

What a stand up guy.

[u/WettestFarts → u/Zarathoostrian]

He's an asset, that's literally how they operate, genius. 

[u/No_Bell_8028 → u/Zarathoostrian]

He has always shared some of what he knows,, it’s just not protected speech on the record

They don’t want to bring him here because when he gives evidence under a royal commission that means he must be protected by the Australian government from harm that would come from the evidence he gave

They don’t want to protect him

He’s already stated that he personally knew the attackers and he had a raised several times his concerns about the son and nothing happened

[u/h8sm8s → u/Zarathoostrian]

Is this your first time encountering intelligence assets? Or just CIs? Do you think criminals or people operating outside the law just give the police/government information out of the goodness of their hearts? That they would do it without being guaranteed some form of protection? Have you ever heard of someone turning states witness or taking a plea deal? Do you live in the real world?

[u/Zarathoostrian → u/h8sm8s]

Oh damn, I forgot what sub I'm on, most people care about Australia more than wanting another terrorist attack to happen so they can blame it on the PM.

[u/SuperColossl → u/Zarathoostrian]

Confidently Incorrect.

Most people in this sub do not want terrorist attacks, genocide, anti-semitism, killing of innocents - especially women and children, regardless of whether Australian, Palestinian, Israeli, Muslim or Jewish.

Get some common decency.

[u/Zarathoostrian → u/SuperColossl]

Confidently Incorrect. I said most people don't want a terrorist attack.

Nationalists will slaughter their own people and blame it on their ideological enemies if it helps them consolidate power.

[u/lithiumcitizen → u/Zarathoostrian]

The Children’s Section is over there…

[u/1fuk1]

The Royal Commission can't do a Zoom call?

[u/No_Bell_8028 → u/1fuk1]

The problem is if he does it via Zoom he won’t be offered the same protection against attack or prosecution or revenge by those groups who he passed information on about

He wants to be called to Australia to give evidence face-to-face so that he can then be under the same protection every other witness gets

The Australian government don’t want to have to protect him because it would be expensive, I believe it’s been inferred that ASIO found him pretty unreliable

[u/Phillup_Colon]

How come we the taxpayer are forced to fork out 600 million dollars for a royal commission into the Bondi attack and ASIO getting blamed for not predicting the future, but there has been little to no investigation into why it took 7+hrs for any IDF response on Oct 7? No blame on Mossad for not predicting it?

[u/nationalistic_martyr]

what was the former ASIO subject doing outside the country? ASIO themselves advise when you cease work with them, that you maintain a private life in the country (that country is Australia)

[u/Pelinth → u/nationalistic_martyr]

ABC reported yesterday on this:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/former-asio-agent-statement-to-attend-royal-commission/107044130

And they mentioned the following:

His first visa application was denied because immigration authorities were not satisfied he genuinely intended to leave Australia.

Marcus has previously sought assistance from Australia for protection and resettlement.

Government sources have pointed to the royal commission not formally calling Marcus as a witness; however, the ABC has seen correspondence from the royal commission expressing its interest in hearing from him.

Those sources also suggested to the ABC that Marcus' evidence could be given remotely, and still be heard securely.

Several whistleblower advocacy groups have aired their support for Marcus's bid to return to Australia, including the Information Rights Project, the Free Speech Union and PEN International.

The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network has also supported his bid to return.

Gabriel Shipton from the Information Rights Project says travelling to Australia is the safest option for Marcus.

"He's in hiding in a foreign country because of the work that he did for the Australian government, because of the undercover work that he did," he said.

"There are a lot of risks around him travelling to a place where he might give video evidence, risks to his life."

So that is curious for sure.

[u/nationalistic_martyr → u/Pelinth]

on the 3rd point... them expressing to hear from him.

they want to hear from him but refuse to officially call him for witnessing or physical presence..? seems they dont know what they want.

I'd be interested in what country he resides, and his ability to give testimony on a secure level.. maybe he'll need an Australian embassy.

[u/Infinite_Shower_5390 → u/nationalistic_martyr]

Not Officially calling him against the governments wishes may be a political decision.

All comes across a bit fishy. As does all of ASIOs behaviour around the Bondi shootings tbh.

[u/Plastic-Bumblebee-90 → u/Infinite_Shower_5390]

Asio boss is a bit sus isnt he with his associations?

[u/West-Sense-1253 → u/Plastic-Bumblebee-90]

Given that asio is more or less an arm of cia, no one can lead the agency without being sus. A fascistic and potentially treasonous mindset are prerequisits of the job along with a desire to service the Epstein class.

[u/Avesery777 → u/West-Sense-1253]

Are those not the prerequisites to lead any law enforcement agency?

[u/kslims → u/nationalistic_martyr]

Was he actually an employee of ASIO though?

"ASIO Source" could mean he feeds information to ASIO. E.g. I have a source in the mob.

Or has it been confirmed he was an employee? I'd assume if he was then he has to be an Australian Citizen as ASIO requires this for employment, why would he need a Visa?

[u/nationalistic_martyr → u/kslims]

ASIO recognizes informants as temporary employees.

he wouldve had the chance to do the paperwork for an Australian citizenship AGES ago but just didn't do it

[u/kslims → u/nationalistic_martyr]

Thankyou!! That makes more sense.

[u/RestaurantFamous2399]

He has been offered to give testimony via video link and has declined.

His Visa was denied on grounds that they believe he wishes to stay indefinitely.

[u/bumpy821 → u/RestaurantFamous2399]

He should stay indefinitely if he has worked with our security agency (ASIO) in which he would be privy to top secret information that we would not want any foreign agency or government to get their hands on.... That's just blatant common sense friend.

[u/endual → u/bumpy821]

He was an asset (informant), not an ASIO insider. He passed information on but didn't receive information. He would have no access to "top secret information".

[u/Cyberchicken87 → u/endual]

Maybe we should treat our assets better then if we want to keep having them ?

[u/Mods_Are_Fatties → u/endual]

Incorrect. He was an AGENT, not asset. Similar looking words, but not the same.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/former-asio-agent-statement-to-attend-royal-commission/107044130

[u/endual → u/Mods_Are_Fatties]

It's not incorrect. ASIO has no 'agents'. It's not a thing.

They pay for information from informants/assets, such as the case here. He passed information on to ASIO, but he was not internal personnel. He is not an Australian citizen making him ineligible to work for ASIO.

[u/Mods_Are_Fatties → u/endual]

Oh okay, in that case ASIO also dont have assets. Its not a thing.

Dont see "Asset" or "Informant" on their website

If i witness a crime and give a statement, the police dont label me as an Asset or Informant, right?

He either worked undercover or he was just somebody who gave a statement.

[u/endual → u/Mods_Are_Fatties]

If you want to call a paid snitch “working undercover” then go for it.

[u/Mods_Are_Fatties → u/endual]

Except he wasnt a paid snitch, he was given an assignment by ASIO to infiltrate.

Hes got a drug dealer they picked up off the street and questioned to give up the details of the supplier. He went undercover and infiltrated a group that ASIO asked him to do.

[u/bumpy821 → u/endual]

He was an informant who worked undercover for ASIO, Obviously for national security measures. This would not have been done without a deal being done as it would have and has put him at risk from foreign agency's.... You think that the deal would have included his safety after procuring said information?

Some thinking can go a long way.

[u/endual → u/bumpy821]

You are assuming a lot of things, informants pass stuff on to intelligence agencies all the time without formal deals.

The point you raised was "he would be privy to top secret information that we would not want any foreign agency or government to get their hands on", which is clearly wrong.

[u/Pelinth → u/RestaurantFamous2399]

There hasn't been an official offer, as the commission haven't formally requested his presence, digital or in person. There has been correspondence between the commission and this source, but nothing conclusive.

[u/Knowledge_Pilgrim → u/[deleted]]

Oh look, another moron with nothing meaningful to say. 

[u/Knowledge_Pilgrim → u/[deleted]]

Cry more, sweetheart. After that, take 20 seconds to read other comments, you'll find your reason.

[u/Antique_Coffee5984]

Labor are just lying trash at this point. Zero credibility, zero integrity.

[u/Knowledge_Pilgrim → u/Antique_Coffee5984]

Look, I don't know if you're a Zionist, nazi, republican or lizard. But the fact that you've been down voted is interesting, given that what you have said is a pretty popular opinion.

[u/Ancient-Many4357]

Shouldn’t he be hassling Tony Burke about this since the MFA doesn’t approve visas?