Albanese: ‘I am deeply and profoundly sorry that we could not protect your loved ones’ The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is now giving his speech. My fellow Australians, tonight should have been nothing more than a regular Thursday night. Our beautiful city, brightened by the light of another 15 lives. 15 lives illuminated by possibility, […]
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Australia news live: ‘dehumanisation leads to exactly what happened in Bondi’, Jewish MP tells parliament; 100,000 livestock likely lost in Queensland floods | Australian politics
Burns: ‘Dehumanisation leads to exactly what happened in Bondi’ Josh Burns, a Labor MP who is also Jewish, also stands up, and talks about the night of 14 December as the shooting began. He said his daughter was about to go to the same Hanukkah in the park festival in Melbourne. As he speaks, his […]
Australia news live: Allegra Spender urges Coalition to ‘follow through’ on calls for urgent action after Bondi terror attack | Australia news
Member for Wentworth calls for all parties to work together to pass hate speech laws Allegra Spender has urged the Coalition to follow through on their calls for “urgent action” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack after leader Sussan Ley flagged the opposition would oppose new hate speech laws. The independent member for […]
PM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack | Bondi beach terror attack
Anthony Albanese will push the Coalition and the Greens to support urgent legislation proposing tougher hate speech laws and gun reform, bringing MPs back to Canberra on Monday in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Recalling parliament two weeks early, the prime minister said hate speech and anti-vilification laws would be considered in the […]
Australia news live: bushfire evacuation warning for Victorian towns; PM attends funeral of Bondi victim Peter Meagher | Australia news
Leave immediately warning issued for towns in north-east Victoria VicEmergency just issued an emergency warning for an area west of the town of Walwa in the state’s northeast, comprising the Bungil, Thologolong and Granya areas due to a bushfire. The blaze is not yet under control and is traveling south from the Mt Lawson state […]
Australia news live: Albanese to visit flood-hit Queensland; Bondi suspect moved to Goulburn Supermax | Australia news
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Good morning, and happy Tuesday. Nick Visser here to take over the blog. Let’s get to it. Share Another Victorian Liberal MP to quit The problems facing the party’s new leader, Jess Wilson, have deepened after another MP, Wendy Lovell, announced […]
Police to carry long-arm rifles at final Ashes Test in Sydney amid heightened security after Bondi attack | Bondi beach terror attack
Police will carry long-arm rifles at the final Ashes Test in Sydney as police presence continues to be heightened after the Bondi terror attack. New South Wales police said public order and riot squad officers would carry the weapons at the fifth and final Ashes Test, which starts on Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground […]
‘My target was just to take the gun’: wounded hero Ahmed al-Ahmed speaks of saving lives at Bondi beach | Bondi beach terror attack
Ahmed al-Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi gunmen before being shot five times, says he knows his bravery saved many lives but is sad for those who were killed in the attack. In an interview with CBS News, Ahmed said he “didn’t worry about anything” except for the lives he could save as he […]
Perth man charged with racial harassment for alleged post backing Bondi attack | Bondi beach terror attack
A man accused of posting an antisemitic social media message in support of the Bondi massacre will spend Christmas behind bars. Martin Thomas Glynn, 39, was arrested in the Perth suburb of Yangebup and charged after a concerned member of the public reported him to police. Officers said they raided Glynn’s home on Tuesday and […]
Australian man charged after endorsing Bondi attack had weapons stockpile, police say
Police located several guns, a stockpile of ammunition and a shopping list for bomb materials in the home of a Western Australian man arrested after pledging support for the Bondi attackers, a court has heard. Martin Glynn, 39, appeared in a Perth court on Wednesday charged with racial harassment, possessing a prohibited weapon and failing […]