Overview
- Australia marked a National Day of Reflection with a 6:47 p.m. minute’s silence and a large Bondi Beach memorial guarded by rooftop snipers and police boats.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed by sections of the crowd and did not speak at the event, while NSW Premier Chris Minns drew applause.
- The government commissioned a review of federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, led by a former spy chief and due by end of April, to assess powers, structures, processes and data‑sharing.
- NSW will fast‑track a bill to ban extremist symbols and tighten hate‑speech enforcement, as Canberra advances a national gun buyback after identified gaps in gun‑licence assessments.
- Police say the attack targeted the Jewish community and was ISIS‑inspired; father Sajid Akram was shot dead, and son Naveed remains in hospital custody charged with 59 offenses including murder and terrorism.