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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Stephanie Convery

‘A home left quieter, clothes still hanging in wardrobes’: emotional MPs pay tribute to Bondi terror attack victims

Labor member for Macnamara Josh Burns consoles Labor member for Issacs Mark Dreyfus after speaking on the condolence motion during a federal parliament sitting following the Bondi terror attack at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, January 19, 2026. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
Labor MP Josh Burns consoled the attorney-general, Mark Dreyfus, after speaking on the condolence motion during a federal parliament. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Labor MP Josh Burns has recalled the fear that struck him the moment he learned of the Bondi terror attack and former attorney general Mark Dreyfus became visibly emotional during a condolence motion in federal parliament for victims of the shooting.

Standing orders were suspended in parliament on Monday as the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, moved the condolence motion in memory of the 15 people who were killed when two gunmen, allegedly inspired by Islamic State, targeted a Hanukah event on 14 December at Sydney’s Bondi beach.

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