Westfield owner Scentre Group is at odds with retailers over whether it conducted armed offender drills at its Bondi Junction mall, where six people were fatally stabbed at the weekend, raising questions about the shopping centre’s protocols in mitigating against civilian attacks.

Various Westfield Bondi Junction retail store managers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity from not wanting to risk their jobs, said the shopping centre only offered fire and natural disaster training and drills.