‘Very deep introspection’: unanswered questions for intelligence agencies on actions in lead-up to Bondi attack

Prime minister Anthony Albanese watches the head of Asio, Mike Burgess, address the media about the Bondi beach attack. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

One week after Australia’s worst mass shooting attack since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, questions about how the accused father-son duo stayed under the radar of intelligence agencies remain unanswered.

By nature, intelligence and law enforcement investigations keep details about how they conduct intelligence-gathering operations, both covert and overt, a tightly held secret.