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Jessica Coates

Australia announces tougher hate speech laws in wake of Bondi terrorist attack

People attend an event in Westminster to honour victims of a terrorist attack, which targeted a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Australia will introduce reforms to tackle hate speech as police conduct further searches in the aftermath of the Bondi terrorist attack, the country’s worst massacre in almost three decades.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Krissy Barrett also confirmed additional searches would be carried out in the coming days after alleged Bondi terror attack gunman Naveed Akram was charged with 59 offences over the attack that killed 15 people.

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