Bondi Beach at this time of year is normally very, very crowded. I can't ever remember seeing it so empty. Dozens of people gathered here to lay flowers.Many people just sitting here quietly trying to come to terms with the worst terror attack in Australia's history. Among the dead [are] a ten year old girl; ;a father of five. the oldest gunman, a 50 year old who was the legal owner of the six weapons used in this attack.Still alive, his 24 year old son, in a critical condition in hospital and under heavy p ...

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Gun Law Reform & Review - The government is considering tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of guns individuals can license and a review of licenses over time due to changing circumstances and potential radicalization [1][2] - The government aims to empower agencies to examine further actions in this area, potentially toughening existing gun laws modeled after the Howard government's reforms [3] - A key focus is on reviewing gun licensing conditions, potentially updating legislation, and addressing gaps and loopholes to ensure responsible gun ownership [5][6][8] Specific Case & Security Concerns - The father of the perpetrator owned six weapons legally, raising questions about current gun ownership limits and whether existing rules were followed [9][10] - The perpetrator was previously known to ASIO for involvement with Islamic State in 2019, highlighting potential issues with reviewing license conditions and identifying red flags [11] - Intelligence and policing communities are investigating associates and online chatter to prevent further attacks, while also addressing potential security gaps [13][14] Terrorism Designation & Investigative Powers - Designating the incident as a terror attack grants police more legislative power to investigate connections, track financial information, and interview potential associates [15][16]

Oli, walk us through what we've been hearing from Zelenskiy. vis a vis his NATO ambitions. Yeah.And that follows a meeting that we had yesterday in Berlin with Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Zelenskiy, Merz We understand those talks will continue into today with a number of other European leaders also joining. But Tom, what we're getting to is this word NATO. And Nato is a fundamental premise on both sides of this war.For the Ukrainians, of course, it's seen its membership is seen as really one of the only w ...

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Before we begin, however, I want to just pay my respects to the people. Unfortunately, two are no longer with us. Brown University.Nine injured and two are looking down on us right now from heaven. And likewise, in Australia, as you know, there was a terrible attack, 11 dead, 29 badly wounded. And that was an anti-Semitic attack, obviously.And it's I just want to pay my respects to everybody, I must say, in Syria also, we had an attack in Syria and we had three great patriots terminated by bad people and no ...

Where the [ __ ] are the police. Where are the police. And I went over that sort of fence where the cop part and then the shooting starts and everyone is running down and two police officers lying down on the ground next to me.I can fall down and the blood was coming from my hand. ...

Artificial intelligence is all the talk of the town, including with Chair Powell in his decision this week. Uh, how can the Fed understand AI well enough to know what that will do to, for example, productivity, which the chair talked about. >> Well, I don't think any of us, if we're honest, know when I talk to uh business people in California, they're extremely optimistic.Every CEO is optimistic. Some others are more der among economists. Honestly, I think there's every reason to believe generative AI could ...

Where are the police. >> This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians. An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian. And every Australian tonight will be like me, devastated on this attack on our way of life.Right. >> [ __ ] hell, bro. No, that's. ...

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