Australia, Bondi Beach and Hate Speech
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says new laws would ease prosecutions for hate speech, raise penalties, and target organisations linked to incitement.
A day after the deadliest domestic terror attack in Australia’s history, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced criticism he didn’t do enough to combat rising attacks on the Jewish community nor swiftly enact recommendations from the nation’s antisemitism envoy released five months ago.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said he would propose tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach left at least 15 people dead.
The police found two homemade Islamic State flags in the car of the suspects, a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son.
The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited a Sydney hospital where he met a man who disarmed an apparent gunman during Sunday's mass shooting in Bondi.
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
The suspected gunmen who attacked a Jewish gathering on Bondi Beach were of Indian heritage and inspired by ISIS, officials say.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing backlash over a lackluster response to an antisemitism question in the fallout of the Bondi Beach terror attack — as his predecessor slammed