Westfield’s security chief has pushed back against criticism of how guards responded to the Bondi Junction stabbing attack, telling an inquest the company has a “very strong security culture” established by founder Frank Lowy.
John Yates, the director of security at Scentre Group, which operates Westfield malls in Australia and New Zealand, told the New South Wales coroners court about his previous career serving as the most senior detective in London’s Metropolitan police from 2007 to 2009.
