Overview
- After an overnight debate, the NSW upper house approved an omnibus bill limiting most licences to four firearms (10 for farmers), banning terrorist symbols and empowering police to restrict protests for up to three months.
- Activist coalitions including Palestine Action Group signalled a constitutional challenge to the new anti‑protest powers, as pro‑Palestinian rallies continued in Sydney and Melbourne.
- Newly released court documents allege the father and son recorded an ISIS‑themed manifesto, conducted rural firearms training and reconnaissance at Bondi, and threw three pipe bombs and a 'tennis ball bomb' that failed to detonate though preliminarily assessed as viable.
- Surviving suspect Naveed Akram was moved from hospital to Long Bay prison and faces 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and a terrorism offence.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologized to Jewish Australians and pledged tougher hate‑speech measures, resisted calls for a federal royal commission, and the government launched a national database to log hate‑crime charges.