December 14, 2025 • 22 mins
Erin Molan gives a raw and emotional reaction after hearing gunfire from her home near Bondi Beach. In this real-time message, Erin reflects on the heartbreak felt across Sydney, the fear within the local Jewish community, and what she believes Australia must confront in the days ahead. This is not politics — it’s personal, human, and deeply local. Erin shares what she saw, what she felt, and why this moment changes everything for so many families. 🙏 Sending love and strength to everyone affected. If you want more honest conversations and real-time commentary, subscribe to The Erin Molan Show.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to Well. Not a special edition of
the Aaron Mullyan Show. There's nothing special about today's subject matter,
but it's a real time reaction to the mass shooting
that has occurred in Sydney last night. Armed gunmen shot
(00:27):
and killed at least twelve innocent people, men, women, children
in Bondai opening fire at a Haneker celebration on the beach.
My little girl and I were out on our balcony
(00:47):
we live less than a kilometer away, and heard the gunshots,
came inside, and of course then started to see the
videos flooding through of what was occurring. It was an
active shitting situation, well for a fair while. To be
honest with you, it felt like a long time until
(01:13):
there was some element of okay, the danger has ended.
There's lots to say, and there will be a lot
to say. What I wanted to do now was just
just give you some of my thoughts regarding what has occurred,
(01:34):
the community that it's impacted, and I guess in some
ways how we got here. First of all, every bit
of prayer, every ounce of love within me is being
(01:54):
directed to all of those impacted, and not just those
who have lost their lives or or have lost family members,
but the entire community here, particularly in the eastern suburbs
in Sydney, it's a very large Jewish community, even though
by comparison to others it's very small, but a lot
(02:19):
of Australia's Jewish community live in this area. I'd say
shock is a is an overwhelming feeling or emotion right now,
but not surprise. I'd be lying if I said that
(02:40):
that I was surprised by what had occurred. It doesn't
mean I'm not deeply rattled by it all terrified to
be honest, but not surprised when you allow the kind
of hate that has existed in this country and not
(03:02):
just existed, Because if it had just existed under the surface,
and this mass shooting was oh my lord, we had
no idea this existed in Australia, you could say, okay, well,
what could we have done? But this kind of hate
has allowed to be public and to go unchecked. Since
(03:23):
October seventh, two days after the largest loss of Jewish
life since the Holocaust occurred in Israel by Harmas terrorists,
funded by of course, all the all those great nations
around the world that we seemed to treat as though
they are allies. We had people in this country, in
(03:45):
Australia celebrate on the steps of the Opera House. They cheered,
they called for more destruction against Jewish people. They laughed,
they smiled, they sang. And that's when I knew we
had a problem because at that moment, and yes, there
(04:09):
is evil everywhere, and there will always be evil people everywhere,
but a nation determines who it is and what it
stands for in moments like that, and we failed miserably,
miserably from a leadership perspective, absolutely, from a law enforcement perspective, yes,
but from an every day Australian perspective too. And I
(04:33):
think that's the element that terrified me the most, in
that I didn't for a second think that that celebration
of terror would be allowed to pass without the silent
majority putting their silence to the side momentarily and coming
(04:53):
out and ensuring the world knew and this country knew
that that is not who we are. But that never came.
And then we saw incident after incident after incident. We
saw synagogue's firebond, cars said alight, kids attacked going to
Jewish schools, Graffiti that made you feel sick to your stomach.
(05:19):
The kind of words that wouldn't have looked out of
place during the nineteen thirties, and again when they were
forced leaders kind of you know, said some hollow words,
but nothing tangible was ever done, and those of us
who stood and who publicly went into bat for this
(05:45):
incredible community were annihilated for it in so many ways,
none of which matter, by the way, given what's occurred,
but it's important to note because what it did. It
ensured that those who were maybe thinking about it, those
(06:08):
who wanted to speak up, those who who felt solidarity
with this community, those who believed their values aligned with
this community and not the murderous terrorists, were scared into
silence because of how they treated the mob treated those
of us who stood up publicly and said not on
(06:28):
our watch. So it ensured that there were far too
few voices saying we've got a problem here and we
need to protect this community. What happened in BONDI was,
(06:51):
I mean, when I first saw the images starting to
come through, after we heard the gunshots and came in,
so I assumed, I assumed the two men in black
that I was watching on a bridge shooting were police.
I assumed they were respondents because they they looked so
(07:18):
calm and calculated in a way that you would expect
people who who dedicate their life to keeping others safe,
how you would expect them to act. You know, it's
their job, and the way they were aiming and shooting,
(07:44):
it just it felt to me didn't look like these
were people who were scared or who who were panicking.
And I think that's one of the most terrifying elements
of this. I mean, you look at the kinds of
people who do this kind of thing. Often they don't
(08:05):
appear scared or frazzled because something in their mind or
how they have been raised, or the ideology they subscribe
to comforts them into believing that they are doing good. Well,
(08:28):
I can say this, they are the greatest cowards I
have ever seen in my life, and I've seen a
lot of cowardice. You tell me what is brave or
what is martyr like about grown men with shotguns standing
(08:52):
at a height on a bridge looking down on unarmed, defenseless,
innocent sever millions men, women and children celebrating their faith
and a hell of a lot of others who weren't
cowards ducking behind concrete when there was any any kind
(09:17):
of sign of danger toward them. Concrete. Well, I tell
you didn't have concrete to hide behind the people they
slaughtered in a park celebrating their faith. I get so
many messages, and I have since October seven from people,
I know, what's with this whole Jewish thing. It's so weird.
(09:42):
Why are you so obsessed with talking about Israel and
Jews And it's not even a big deal. Well it
is a big deal. It is a big deal, and
it's the same reason I stand for any community that
is under threat, particularly from terrorists who do this kind
(10:05):
of filth. Again, I've said since October seven. People think
this is far away, They think it doesn't impact them
if they're not Jewish. It does. I used to say,
when they drive a car into a Christmas market in Europe.
(10:29):
Do you think the kinds of people who subscribe to
this ideology are checking if you are Jewish, if you
are Christian, if you are Hindu, if you are Muslim. No,
they just want to kill and they want to destroy
BONDI beach is full of people from all walks of life,
(10:50):
of every religion, every ethnicity, every background. There are tourists,
there are locals is it is a melting pot of
diversity and these scumbags, Yes, they were aiming at Jews,
but do you think everyone else in one day was safe? No?
Hell no. And if this is not a wake up
(11:13):
call to everyday Australians who have hidden from this issue
because it's easier, then I don't know what will be.
No one is asking you to go on television or
to become a public face fighting this. I've chosen to
do that. I made a conscious decision to do that.
(11:41):
I'm not asking anyone else to do that. What I'm
asking you to do is stand in your own way
against this kind of hate. Stand with the Australian Jewish
community who have contributed immensely to this country and do
not deserve this and have not and never will stand
(12:05):
for them. However, you can stand against the people who
slaughter them. I'm having to I'm having to tell I'm
having to tell people in my community. I'm having to
to encourage them to support the side of innocence who
(12:26):
were slaughtered and to condemn the side who slaughters. Can
you imagine, I mean, this is Australia, you know this
is Australia. And if my country can't look at what
(12:53):
happened in Bondai yesterday and determine once and for all
whose side they are on. And yes, this is about sides.
This is good versus evil. There is no caveat here,
there is no context. This is good versus evil. If
my country cannot determine now without any doubt, which side
(13:15):
they stand with, then we are completely screwed. If we
aren't already, If we aren't already, you can no longer
say this is a far away conflict that doesn't impact me.
Ah h, no longer, No longer. The ideology that killed
(13:39):
over twelve hundred people in Israelian took hostages and continues
to terrorize that nation is the exact same one that
exists here. It exists in our colleges, universities, schools, It
exists on social media, and it exists in the minds
of people who have come to this country pretending to
want to embrace our way of life, asking us to
(14:02):
give them a chance, an opportunity, whether it was them,
their parents, their grandparents, this country did that and now
we die because of it. So silence is no longer
an option, No longer an option unless you want to
(14:28):
watch further decay and rot in a country that many
of our forefathers fought for and died for and gave
their lives to protect not just the people, but our
way of life, our values, our morals, what we stand for,
who we are, what we believe in. And I sure
as hell am not going to let their deaths be
(14:49):
in vain. And I encourage every single one of you
to do the same. Stand for your fellow Australians who
believe in what you do, who contribute to the way
of life you you value, who value life over death,
(15:10):
who would never ever take a shotgun to a beach
and slaughter innocent people. It's not complex, it never has been.
And all those who either remained silent when they've stood
for every other minority group, or even worse, those who
(15:32):
have encouraged and emboldened the kind of hate that leads
to what we have seen here, hang your heads in shame.
Hang your heads in shame. And if I see one
more statement or post on social media from the types
of people I have watched enjoy the terror that the
(15:57):
Jewish community in this country have felt encourage be part
of it, then I will be sick. It's too late.
So where too from here? Hmm? I think it's too
(16:17):
early to say where too from here? But I know,
without any without any hesitation, that life in this country
has changed entirely forever. And we were leading towards this absolutely,
and in some ways it already had. But this is
the this is the final nail in the coffin. I
(16:48):
just did an interview with with a foreign network and
the woman asked me, you know, am I scared, well
I leave Australia. I mean no, of course, not to
the second one. Of course, I won't. I won't leave
my country. I made a decision, knowing, knowing the consequences,
(17:17):
that I would stand very publicly alongside my community, my
Jewish community here in Australia. I made that choice, I
understood the risk. Doesn't mean I'm not scared. I'm a mum.
I've got a seven year old who didn't make that choice.
(17:39):
So life absolutely changes for all of us from this
point forward. But just because now it's as close to
home as it's ever been, does that mean that that
I pull back, or that I go a little bit
quiet or wait for the dust to settle. Absolutely not
(18:06):
absolutely not. Do I get louder if that's even possible,
Absolutely absolutely do. I hope, like hell, my voice doesn't
stand out anymore because my fellow Australians have woken up. Yes, yes,
(18:27):
but if they don't, then we fight on and the
few voices who do speak, and the few voices who
do fight, I have complete faith will continue to do so.
(18:53):
It's yeah, it's heartbreaking. This community does not deserve this,
never have. They have begged those in power for help
to be protected, for them to be able to live
(19:13):
their lives and raise their children in a country they
call home. But instead they got this and have had
to watch members of a community who have openly supported
the hate directed towards them be protected and encouraged, sheltered
(19:41):
from any consequences. I met a little bit of it,
at a loss for words, to be honest, which is
very unlike me. And I'm trying to be a little
bit quiet because my daughter's asleep in the next room
(20:03):
and she was she's very rattled. And it's a very
confronting thing, a very confronting thing. And I'm always I mean,
this is this is this is my channel, it's my show,
So you come here to hear what I what I
(20:23):
think and what I have to say. And I'd be
lying if I said that that this hits very differently
for me. I travel the world, I have heavy security
in most of the countries that I go to to speak,
to stand up for the Jewish community, to stand up
for Israel, to fight terrorism, and then I come back
(20:49):
to my country and yes, we've had our issues, but
not for a second would I would I have genuinely
felt that the that the threat of death was on
(21:09):
our doorstep here. And again it's it's a different prospect
for me to head overseas and to accept a security risk,
but to do it at home here with a child
is something that those of us who have stood with
(21:31):
this community and this community, this Jewish community, are having
to contend with today, and that is that is a
deeply unsettling thing and a yeah, that's heartbreaking for everyone.
(21:52):
But again I reiterate to the Jewish community here in Australia.
My voice gets loud. I don't even know if that's possible,
but it gets louder, and I beg my fellow Australians
to join me in standing on the side of good
(22:12):
versus the side of evil, and if you are still
confused as to which is which, than any tiny bit
of hope I have left for this country will fade
fairly quickly. We'll bring you more as more comes to hand,
(22:35):
but yeah, just my thoughts the morning after. Love you all,
take care of yourselves and pray. H
Hello, and welcome to Well. Not a special edition of
the Aaron Mullyan Show. There's nothing special about today's subject matter,
but it's a real time reaction to the mass shooting
that has occurred in Sydney last night. Armed gunmen shot
(00:27):
and killed at least twelve innocent people, men, women, children
in Bondai opening fire at a Haneker celebration on the beach.
My little girl and I were out on our balcony
(00:47):
we live less than a kilometer away, and heard the gunshots,
came inside, and of course then started to see the
videos flooding through of what was occurring. It was an
active shitting situation, well for a fair while. To be
honest with you, it felt like a long time until
(01:13):
there was some element of okay, the danger has ended.
There's lots to say, and there will be a lot
to say. What I wanted to do now was just
just give you some of my thoughts regarding what has occurred,
(01:34):
the community that it's impacted, and I guess in some
ways how we got here. First of all, every bit
of prayer, every ounce of love within me is being
(01:54):
directed to all of those impacted, and not just those
who have lost their lives or or have lost family members,
but the entire community here, particularly in the eastern suburbs
in Sydney, it's a very large Jewish community, even though
by comparison to others it's very small, but a lot
(02:19):
of Australia's Jewish community live in this area. I'd say
shock is a is an overwhelming feeling or emotion right now,
but not surprise. I'd be lying if I said that
(02:40):
that I was surprised by what had occurred. It doesn't
mean I'm not deeply rattled by it all terrified to
be honest, but not surprised when you allow the kind
of hate that has existed in this country and not
(03:02):
just existed, Because if it had just existed under the surface,
and this mass shooting was oh my lord, we had
no idea this existed in Australia, you could say, okay, well,
what could we have done? But this kind of hate
has allowed to be public and to go unchecked. Since
(03:23):
October seventh, two days after the largest loss of Jewish
life since the Holocaust occurred in Israel by Harmas terrorists,
funded by of course, all the all those great nations
around the world that we seemed to treat as though
they are allies. We had people in this country, in
(03:45):
Australia celebrate on the steps of the Opera House. They cheered,
they called for more destruction against Jewish people. They laughed,
they smiled, they sang. And that's when I knew we
had a problem because at that moment, and yes, there
(04:09):
is evil everywhere, and there will always be evil people everywhere,
but a nation determines who it is and what it
stands for in moments like that, and we failed miserably,
miserably from a leadership perspective, absolutely, from a law enforcement perspective, yes,
but from an every day Australian perspective too. And I
(04:33):
think that's the element that terrified me the most, in
that I didn't for a second think that that celebration
of terror would be allowed to pass without the silent
majority putting their silence to the side momentarily and coming
(04:53):
out and ensuring the world knew and this country knew
that that is not who we are. But that never came.
And then we saw incident after incident after incident. We
saw synagogue's firebond, cars said alight, kids attacked going to
Jewish schools, Graffiti that made you feel sick to your stomach.
(05:19):
The kind of words that wouldn't have looked out of
place during the nineteen thirties, and again when they were
forced leaders kind of you know, said some hollow words,
but nothing tangible was ever done, and those of us
who stood and who publicly went into bat for this
(05:45):
incredible community were annihilated for it in so many ways,
none of which matter, by the way, given what's occurred,
but it's important to note because what it did. It
ensured that those who were maybe thinking about it, those
(06:08):
who wanted to speak up, those who who felt solidarity
with this community, those who believed their values aligned with
this community and not the murderous terrorists, were scared into
silence because of how they treated the mob treated those
of us who stood up publicly and said not on
(06:28):
our watch. So it ensured that there were far too
few voices saying we've got a problem here and we
need to protect this community. What happened in BONDI was,
(06:51):
I mean, when I first saw the images starting to
come through, after we heard the gunshots and came in,
so I assumed, I assumed the two men in black
that I was watching on a bridge shooting were police.
I assumed they were respondents because they they looked so
(07:18):
calm and calculated in a way that you would expect
people who who dedicate their life to keeping others safe,
how you would expect them to act. You know, it's
their job, and the way they were aiming and shooting,
(07:44):
it just it felt to me didn't look like these
were people who were scared or who who were panicking.
And I think that's one of the most terrifying elements
of this. I mean, you look at the kinds of
people who do this kind of thing. Often they don't
(08:05):
appear scared or frazzled because something in their mind or
how they have been raised, or the ideology they subscribe
to comforts them into believing that they are doing good. Well,
(08:28):
I can say this, they are the greatest cowards I
have ever seen in my life, and I've seen a
lot of cowardice. You tell me what is brave or
what is martyr like about grown men with shotguns standing
(08:52):
at a height on a bridge looking down on unarmed, defenseless,
innocent sever millions men, women and children celebrating their faith
and a hell of a lot of others who weren't
cowards ducking behind concrete when there was any any kind
(09:17):
of sign of danger toward them. Concrete. Well, I tell
you didn't have concrete to hide behind the people they
slaughtered in a park celebrating their faith. I get so
many messages, and I have since October seven from people,
I know, what's with this whole Jewish thing. It's so weird.
(09:42):
Why are you so obsessed with talking about Israel and
Jews And it's not even a big deal. Well it
is a big deal. It is a big deal, and
it's the same reason I stand for any community that
is under threat, particularly from terrorists who do this kind
(10:05):
of filth. Again, I've said since October seven. People think
this is far away, They think it doesn't impact them
if they're not Jewish. It does. I used to say,
when they drive a car into a Christmas market in Europe.
(10:29):
Do you think the kinds of people who subscribe to
this ideology are checking if you are Jewish, if you
are Christian, if you are Hindu, if you are Muslim. No,
they just want to kill and they want to destroy
BONDI beach is full of people from all walks of life,
(10:50):
of every religion, every ethnicity, every background. There are tourists,
there are locals is it is a melting pot of
diversity and these scumbags, Yes, they were aiming at Jews,
but do you think everyone else in one day was safe? No?
Hell no. And if this is not a wake up
(11:13):
call to everyday Australians who have hidden from this issue
because it's easier, then I don't know what will be.
No one is asking you to go on television or
to become a public face fighting this. I've chosen to
do that. I made a conscious decision to do that.
(11:41):
I'm not asking anyone else to do that. What I'm
asking you to do is stand in your own way
against this kind of hate. Stand with the Australian Jewish
community who have contributed immensely to this country and do
not deserve this and have not and never will stand
(12:05):
for them. However, you can stand against the people who
slaughter them. I'm having to I'm having to tell I'm
having to tell people in my community. I'm having to
to encourage them to support the side of innocence who
(12:26):
were slaughtered and to condemn the side who slaughters. Can
you imagine, I mean, this is Australia, you know this
is Australia. And if my country can't look at what
(12:53):
happened in Bondai yesterday and determine once and for all
whose side they are on. And yes, this is about sides.
This is good versus evil. There is no caveat here,
there is no context. This is good versus evil. If
my country cannot determine now without any doubt, which side
(13:15):
they stand with, then we are completely screwed. If we
aren't already, If we aren't already, you can no longer
say this is a far away conflict that doesn't impact me.
Ah h, no longer, No longer. The ideology that killed
(13:39):
over twelve hundred people in Israelian took hostages and continues
to terrorize that nation is the exact same one that
exists here. It exists in our colleges, universities, schools, It
exists on social media, and it exists in the minds
of people who have come to this country pretending to
want to embrace our way of life, asking us to
(14:02):
give them a chance, an opportunity, whether it was them,
their parents, their grandparents, this country did that and now
we die because of it. So silence is no longer
an option, No longer an option unless you want to
(14:28):
watch further decay and rot in a country that many
of our forefathers fought for and died for and gave
their lives to protect not just the people, but our
way of life, our values, our morals, what we stand for,
who we are, what we believe in. And I sure
as hell am not going to let their deaths be
(14:49):
in vain. And I encourage every single one of you
to do the same. Stand for your fellow Australians who
believe in what you do, who contribute to the way
of life you you value, who value life over death,
(15:10):
who would never ever take a shotgun to a beach
and slaughter innocent people. It's not complex, it never has been.
And all those who either remained silent when they've stood
for every other minority group, or even worse, those who
(15:32):
have encouraged and emboldened the kind of hate that leads
to what we have seen here, hang your heads in shame.
Hang your heads in shame. And if I see one
more statement or post on social media from the types
of people I have watched enjoy the terror that the
(15:57):
Jewish community in this country have felt encourage be part
of it, then I will be sick. It's too late.
So where too from here? Hmm? I think it's too
(16:17):
early to say where too from here? But I know,
without any without any hesitation, that life in this country
has changed entirely forever. And we were leading towards this absolutely,
and in some ways it already had. But this is
the this is the final nail in the coffin. I
(16:48):
just did an interview with with a foreign network and
the woman asked me, you know, am I scared, well
I leave Australia. I mean no, of course, not to
the second one. Of course, I won't. I won't leave
my country. I made a decision, knowing, knowing the consequences,
(17:17):
that I would stand very publicly alongside my community, my
Jewish community here in Australia. I made that choice, I
understood the risk. Doesn't mean I'm not scared. I'm a mum.
I've got a seven year old who didn't make that choice.
(17:39):
So life absolutely changes for all of us from this
point forward. But just because now it's as close to
home as it's ever been, does that mean that that
I pull back, or that I go a little bit
quiet or wait for the dust to settle. Absolutely not
(18:06):
absolutely not. Do I get louder if that's even possible,
Absolutely absolutely do. I hope, like hell, my voice doesn't
stand out anymore because my fellow Australians have woken up. Yes, yes,
(18:27):
but if they don't, then we fight on and the
few voices who do speak, and the few voices who
do fight, I have complete faith will continue to do so.
(18:53):
It's yeah, it's heartbreaking. This community does not deserve this,
never have. They have begged those in power for help
to be protected, for them to be able to live
(19:13):
their lives and raise their children in a country they
call home. But instead they got this and have had
to watch members of a community who have openly supported
the hate directed towards them be protected and encouraged, sheltered
(19:41):
from any consequences. I met a little bit of it,
at a loss for words, to be honest, which is
very unlike me. And I'm trying to be a little
bit quiet because my daughter's asleep in the next room
(20:03):
and she was she's very rattled. And it's a very
confronting thing, a very confronting thing. And I'm always I mean,
this is this is this is my channel, it's my show,
So you come here to hear what I what I
(20:23):
think and what I have to say. And I'd be
lying if I said that that this hits very differently
for me. I travel the world, I have heavy security
in most of the countries that I go to to speak,
to stand up for the Jewish community, to stand up
for Israel, to fight terrorism, and then I come back
(20:49):
to my country and yes, we've had our issues, but
not for a second would I would I have genuinely
felt that the that the threat of death was on
(21:09):
our doorstep here. And again it's it's a different prospect
for me to head overseas and to accept a security risk,
but to do it at home here with a child
is something that those of us who have stood with
(21:31):
this community and this community, this Jewish community, are having
to contend with today, and that is that is a
deeply unsettling thing and a yeah, that's heartbreaking for everyone.
(21:52):
But again I reiterate to the Jewish community here in Australia.
My voice gets loud. I don't even know if that's possible,
but it gets louder, and I beg my fellow Australians
to join me in standing on the side of good
(22:12):
versus the side of evil, and if you are still
confused as to which is which, than any tiny bit
of hope I have left for this country will fade
fairly quickly. We'll bring you more as more comes to hand,
(22:35):
but yeah, just my thoughts the morning after. Love you all,
take care of yourselves and pray. H
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