Security guard in charge of mall’s CCTV was ‘not getting better’ at her job in lead-up to attack, Bondi Junction stabbing inquest hears

The court heard the guard twice incorrectly answered a question about security’s two main objectives when facing an active armed offender: get people to safety and send information to the police. Photograph: Steven Saphore/EPA

Concerns had been raised about the competency of the security guard whose job it was to monitor CCTV footage the day Joel Cauchi murdered six people inside a Bondi shopping centre, an inquest has heard.

The court heard that after the woman had received additional training in the weeks leading up to the attack, there was a note about her performance stating she was “not getting better”.