Australian parliament to cut short summer break to pass hate speech laws after Bondi attack

by mgall74 | Jan 12, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Australian officials said the proposed laws will increase penalties for hate speech, authorize a gun buyback, make it harder for visa applications to be denied based on racial discrimination, and lower the threshold for banning hate organizations like neo-Nazi...

Australia says Bondi review to check if terror attack could have been averted

by mgall74 | Dec 29, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on ‍Monday that an independent ‍review into law enforcement agencies set up after the Bondi mass ‌shooting will assess whether authorities could have taken additional steps to prevent the terror ⁠attack. [ad_2]...

Bondi gunmen threw homemade bombs that failed to detonate, Australian police reveal in new findings

by mgall74 | Dec 22, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Police say the alleged gunmen had planned the attack for several months, training with firearms in isolated rural parts of Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald said one of the perpetrators reportedly traveled to an area in the Philippines known to have...

Australia's Albanese booed at vigil marking one week since Bondi Hanukkah massacre

by mgall74 | Dec 21, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] ‘Picked the Wrong Community to Mess With’ As many as 15,000 people attended the memorial ceremony at Bondi Beach in honor of the 15 people killed at the Chabad Hanukkah event in Sydney. The father of the youngest victim, 10-year-old Matilda, lit the...

Australian teen wounded while shielding children in Bondi attack says she is not a hero

by mgall74 | Dec 19, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] ‘I Knew I Had to Be There for Those Kids’ On Sunday’s antisemitic terror attack, Chaya Dadon, 14, was shot in the thigh while shielding children at the event. Now walking with crutches after four days in hospital, Dadon recalls the shooting:...