Canberra, Jan 20 (IANS) Australian Parliament on Tuesday passed tougher gun control and hate crime laws in response to last month’s Bondi Beach shooting during a Jewish festival. The gun control laws, which establish a national firearm buyback scheme and tighten import controls, passed both houses with support from the Greens party.The legislation will also strengthen background checks for gun license holders and applicants, improve information sharing between security agencies, restrict gun imp…
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Canberra, Jan 19 (IANS) Australia’s federal parliament has paid tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting after being reconvened to debate new laws proposed in response to the terror attack. The federal parliament on Monday morning observed a minute of silence as a motion was tabled to honour the 15 victims of the attack that targeted an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at the iconic beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on December 14.Addressing the parliament, Prime Minis…
Sydney, Jan 18 (IANS) Police in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement on Sunday that a man had been seriously injured after he was shot during a public place shooting in Sydney’s west overnight. Police said that emergency services were called to a home in Lalor Park, a suburb of Sydney, at about 11.35 pm local time on Saturday, following reports of a public place shooting, Xinhua News Agency reported.Officers were told unknown people had fired multiple gunshots into a ho…
Sydney, Jan 14 (IANS) The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Wednesday that a footbridge used by the perpetrators of the terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach should be demolished.NSW Premier Chris Minns said at a press conference in Sydney that his personal view is that the footbridge at the northern end of the iconic beach should be torn down, but said a final decision would be made by the local council.”I would just hate it to be a ghoulish reminder or even explo…
Canberra, Jan 13 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday declared that a national day of mourning will be held on January 22 for the victims of the terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.Flags will be flown at half mast in all government buildings around Australia on January 22 to honour the victims of the attack that targeted an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at the iconic Bondi Beach on December 14., Albanese said at a press conference at Parliament House…
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) In a touching ceremony before the fifth Ashes Test here on Sunday, the Australian and English teams gave a guard of honour to emergency service personnel and members of the public who responded during last month’s horrific Bondi Beach mass shooting.The on-field guard of honour before the match drew loud applause from the sold-out crowd, honouring ambulance workers, police, surf lifesavers and Jewish community groups.”A privilege and honour to host the first responders respon…
Canberra, Dec 30 (IANS) The alleged perpetrators of the fatal mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach earlier in December acted alone and were not part of a broader terrorist cell, authorities said on Tuesday.Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett said at a press conference in Canberra that there is no evidence to suggest that the alleged offenders were part of a ‘broader terrorist cell’ or were directed by others to carry out the fatal shooting of 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi …
Sydney, Dec 30 (IANS) A record number of police officers will be deployed to patrol New Year’s celebrations in Sydney following the fatal mass shooting at Bondi Beach, the police force in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Tuesday.The NSW Police Force said in a statement that more than 2,500 officers in uniform and plain clothes will conduct high-visibility patrols in the Sydney metropolitan area during New Year’s Eve celebrations on Wednesday.Up to one million people are expected to wat…
Canberra, Dec 29 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday announced the terms for an independent review of the Bondi Beach terror attack, but he again resisted calls to launch a royal commission.The review, led by former intelligence chief Dennis Richardson, will assess whether multiple agencies, including the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Australian Federal Police, operated as effectively as possible prior to the attack.The review will also consider wh…
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…