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…
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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…