A former Department of Employment and Workplace Relations secretary has given evidence to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion about the Jewish experience in the APS. Natalie James was the most senior Jewish public servant in the country at the time of the October 2023 attack on Israel, and the December 2025 Bondi Terror attack. Since her departure from the APS last year, she has been canvassing other Jewish public servants and compiling a lengthy submission to the royal commission.