Families Demand Action: Bondi Junction Stabbing Anniversary

0:00It's April 13th. This is Sydney News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. Two years after the Bondi Junction stabbing that killed six people on April 13th, 2024, the family of victim J.D. Young is calling. Out the new South Wales government, a floorly psychotic attacker, Joel Cochee, went on a rampage at the Westfield Mall. Back in February, the state coroner dropped 23 recommendations to prevent repeats with seven aimed straight at the government. Elizabeth Young, J.D.'s mom, hit up premier Chris Minnes and mental health ministers in late March, demanding real action, not just talk. The government points to a $111 million, $800,000 community mental health package rolled out post-attack, plus some, housing investments and outreach funding that touch on a few wrecks. These are fed up, saying they don't want sympathy disguised as progress. J.D.'s cousin Toby Halligan called the premier's response, generic pavulum, stressing the

1:02need for tangible changes on key corner ideas like better. Crisis response. The second anniversary just passed with floral tributes at the mall, stirring up raw grief. On specifics, there's movement like expanded wanting trials for knives and crowded spots and consultations on police mental health co-responder teams. The big ones, escape campaigns, emergency frameworks and more outreach advice are still under review. The government has four months left to formally reply to the inquest. These families refuse to let this fade into bureaucracy. They're pushing hard because mischances let tragedy strike and real fixes could save. Lives moving forward.