What we learned today, Sunday 28 April
We will now wrap the blog for the evening. Thanks for reading.
Here were the major developments of the day:
Fowler MP, Dai Le, said a conversation needs to be had about what constitutes “terrorism” after a 16-year-old boy was charged with terror-related offences following a stabbing attack at a church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley.
The social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, said violence against women was a “national shame”.
A man was charged with murder after he allegedly assaulted a woman and set their Perth home alight before fleeing.
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, said women have had enough of being outraged and that action, not a royal commission, was needed to tackle gender-based violence.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, was heckled by protesters for government inaction over violence against women.
Enjoy these last hours of the weekend.
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Priest injured in Wakeley church stabbing joins congregation for Palm Sunday
Father Isaac Royel, a priest who was injured in a stabbing attack in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley, was back at work on Sunday two weeks after the incident took place.
The priest, who was injured alongside Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel two weeks ago, was part of the congregation commemorating Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week, the final week of lent before Orthodox Easter, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Bishop Emmanuel was not in attendance and is still recovering.
Daniel Kochou, secretary to the Bishop, who led the Sunday service, told the Telegraph he did not know whether the Bishop was well enough to return or whether he would come back on a full-time basis.
People are a little shaken but the other thing is, most of our people are Iraqi or Syrian born so they’re used to conflict.
Their faith is strong.
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