Sydney, Feb 24 (IANS) The head of a major inquiry into the antisemitic terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December said on Tuesday that it could take years to strengthen social cohesion in Australia.Former High Court Justice Virginia Bell, who was appointed by the federal government to lead the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion, said in her opening statement on the inquiry’s first day on Tuesday that the work of the commission would help Australians come to terms with th…
Latest Virginia Bell News & Updates
Sydney, Jan 22 (IANS) Three people have died following a shooting west of Sydney in Australia’s eastern state of New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday afternoon. The NSW Police Force said in a statement that emergency services were called to reports of a shooting in the small town of Lake Cargelligo, 450 km west of Sydney, around 4:40 pm local time on Thursday, Xinhua News Agency reported.Police confirmed that three people, two women and a man, had died.A second man has been taken to hospital in a s…
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…
Canberra, Jan 12 (IANS) Australia’s Parliament will be recalled next week to introduce new hate speech and gun laws in response to the Bondi terror attack on December 14, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday. The Prime Minister said at a press conference that both houses will return on January 19 and 20, earlier than the scheduled return on February 2.”The terrorists at Bondi Beach had hatred in their minds but guns in their hands. This law will deal with both, and we need to d…