Gun laws accelerated as PM laments Bondi politicisation
There is no need for someone in suburban Sydney to own six long firearms, the prime minister has said as he reveals new measures to toughen up gun laws.
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Slogans and imagery targeted in clamp down on protests
A tough-talking premier intent on stopping violence after the Bondi massacre says protests are to blame for volatility as his Labor credentials are questioned
Failed pipe bombs among new Bondi massacre allegations
Previously unpublished allegations about the extent of planning behind the Bondi massacre and failed efforts to detonate bombs have been released.
‘Proud Jew’: victim lauded as Bondi tributes preserved
Political leaders are reassuring a shattered Jewish community that Australia is their home as a young victim of the Bondi massacre is remembered.
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PM jeered at Bondi amid calls for unity after massacre
The nation is attempting to heal a week after 15 people were shot dead at Bondi, as calls for a royal commission into the attack grow.
PM keeps door open for anti-Semitism royal commission
The prime minister says he'll support a state government if it decides to establish a royal commission into anti-Semitism but leaders want a firm commitment.
‘Globalise the intifada’ banned after Bondi shooting
A major crackdown on hate symbols and slogans and new NSW police powers to demand the removal of face coverings has been announced following the Bondi atrocity.
Biggest gun buyback since 1996 following Bondi attack
The prime minister has flagged major changes to Australia's gun laws after the nation's worst mass shooting in nearly three decades.
National day of mourning, gun reform to follow massacre
A major memorial to honour the 15 people killed at Bondi will follow a day of public mourning as governments promise a once-in-a-generation gun crackdown.
‘Hate preachers’ on notice as Bondi victims mourned
The youngest and oldest victims of the Bondi Beach terror attacks have been laid to rest as the government moves ahead with cracking down on extremist clerics.
Loved ones grieve as Bondi accused charged with murder
The devastation inflicted on Australia's Jewish community has been palpable at funerals for the Bondi victims, as an alleged terrorist is charged with murder.
‘He went down fighting’: heartbroken families mourn
Armed with just a brick, Reuven Morrison bravely ran at the Bondi gunmen and paid with his life, leaving his family with "a gaping, heaving wound of sorrow".
Fierce defence of police as nation mourns Bondi dead
Police officers who responded to the Bondi terror attack have been strongly backed by their premier as further details emerge about the perpetrators.
Mass shooting targeted Jewish community as deaths mount
At least 12 people are dead and 29 injured after a mass shooting at Bondi Beach that was designed to target the local Jewish community.
Police ‘at risk’ unless Wieambilla shooting sees change
Officers need access to satellite radios, drones and online monitoring of violent extremists in the wake of the Wieamblla shootings, the police union says.
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Australian police expecting more ‘ISIS bride’ arrivals
More Australians linked to the Islamic State are expected return home as the federal police monitor two women and six children who recently arrived.
Police question six over Manchester synagogue attack
Police have arrested six people on suspicion of terror offences after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England.
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UK police may have shot victim in synagogue attack
One of the two men killed in a terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester may have accidentally been killed by British police trying to stop the onslaught.
Terror probe into deadly attack on British synagogue
The man shot dead by police has been identified after killing two people at a British synagogue in an attack that has been declared a terror incident.
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‘Acts of aggression’: Australia expels Iran ambassador
Australia has pulled the trigger on serious diplomatic moves to reprimand Iran after saying there was "credible intelligence" it directed attacks on home soil.
‘Terror attack’, eight hurt by makeshift flamethrower
A man using a makeshift flamethrower yelled "Free Palestine" after attacking people staging a demonstration calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Vote to bypass court to strip citizenship ‘last resort’
A referendum asking Australians whether a minister should have the power to strip a dual national of citizenship has been floated by the coalition.
Canberra clash after caravan revealed as terror con job
The opposition leader denies Labor claims of dodging police briefings on a caravan loaded with explosives, saying the minister is just trying to look tough.
Terror threat up as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia surge
Australia's terrorism threat has increased according to a global ranking index, making the nation one-of-seven Western countries most at risk of attack.
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Espionage and terror threats grow in dangerous era
From hostile foreign nations targeting diaspora communities to youth radicalised online, the top spy agency's annual threat assessment warns risks have grown.
Austrian police arrest teen who plotted railway attack
Austrian investigators have arrested a 14-year-old who allegedly was planning an attack at a Vienna railway station.
Stabbing attack suspect swore allegiance to IS: Austria
Austrian authorities say a Syrian asylum seeker who allegedly went on a deadly stabbing rampage had been radicalised.
Eleven dead, six hurt in Pakistan blast near coal mine
A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in restive southwest Pakistan, killing at least nine people.
Mandatory jail for terror risks ‘serious injustice’
Australians from vulnerable communities could be disproportionately harmed by laws that introduce mandatory jail time for some terror offences, experts warn.
Extremist groups tipped to sidestep terror sanctions
Extremist groups will continue evolving to evade counter-terrorism sanctions slapped on them in a bid to curb escalating anti-Semitism, experts warn.
Police, PM explosive caravan criticism dismissed
A policing expert says authorities had no need to tell the prime minister about an investigation into a caravan that was found packed full of explosives.