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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has downplayed revelations in the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion’s interim report that the counter-terrorism spend “significantly declined” within the intelligence budget ahead of the Bondi terror attack. In an exclusive interview on social cohesion challenges, the prime minister has also defended his government's approach to a group of Australian women and children with links to IS, who are trying to leave Syria and return to Australia.