Sydney, Dec 24 (IANS) The parliament of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) had passed tough new gun and protest laws in response to the fatal mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday.ABC said that the bill, which packaged gun reforms with a ban on protests for up to three months, passed 18 votes to eight just before 3 a.m. local time on Wednesday and included a key amendment on tightening firearms laws for people with susp…
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Sydney, Dec 24 (IANS) Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had asked the governor-general to institute a special honors list for first responders and other heroes from the Bondi fatal mass shooting, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday. Albanese said that the recipients, who would be announced in 2026, would include police, medical staff, and members of the community who rushed to help in the wake of the terror attack.He said that those who had riske…
Canberra, Dec 23 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday that the Christmas period will be colored by ‘grief and sadness’ following the Bondi Beach terror attack.Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra that the fatal shooting of 15 people that targeted a Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 14 was an antisemitic attack on the Jewish community as well as an attack on “Australian values and on Australian society.”He said that the Christmas period wo…
Canberra, Dec 23 (IANS) A vast majority of Australians say they support stricter gun ownership laws in the wake of the fatal mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, two separate polls have found.The first poll, which was conducted by YouGov over the seven days to Monday, found that 92 per cent of Australians believe gun ownership should be made illegal or that gun ownership laws should be tightened in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack.Among poll respondents who identified as supporters…
Canberra, Dec 22 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday issued an apology to the nation’s Jewish community following the mass shooting at Bondi Beach as he announced new laws that will target hate speech. Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra on Monday afternoon that he feels the “weight of responsibility” for the fatal shooting of 15 people at an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 14.”I’m sorry for what the Jewish…