Israel’s Amichai Chikli said Australian officials overlooked rising antisemitism and extremist rhetoric ahead of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack, criticizing the focus on gun laws.

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 authorities are vowing to crack down after a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration. Experts say that what the country needs might not be new laws.

For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members.

Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian father who wrestled a shotgun from one of the gunmen attacking a Jewish gathering, is facing a long road to recovery.

A new hiking route on Kangaroo Island takes walkers on a journey through Flinders Chase National Park via platypus-filled pools, windblown beaches and comfortable lighthouse stays.

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.

Australian media say the men in the vehicle were believed to have been on their way to Bondi Beach. SYDNEY: Armed Australian police arrested seven men in Sydney's southwest on Thursday (Dec 18) after a tip they may be plotting a "violent act" in the city still reeling from the Bondi Beach shooting.