We’ll draw our blog to a close now. The main points:
Alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram, who has been in hospital in a coma since the incident on Sunday, has regained consciousness. We expect police will shortly lay charges.
He and his father Sajid Akram spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, that country’s immigration department has confirmed, with Sajid entering the country as an “Indian national”
Indian police say he’s had no regular contact with his family since migrating to Australia in the 1990s and relatives in India had no idea as to how he became radicalised
Federal and state lawmakers have sketched out strengthened gun laws
But former Prime Minister John Howard is among other critics who say the Albanese government need to be doing more on antisemitism
Howard said the gun debate was a “distraction” from the government’s failure on this front
Albanese says he is dedicated to the issue, and wants national unity, but was pressed today on why the government had not responded yet to a report delivered by the national antisemitism envoy six months ago
Meanwhile more victims have been identified, including a married Bondi couple Boris and Sofia Gurman, who lost their lives trying to stop the gunman. Dashcam footage of their brave acts has gone viral.
More than 20,000 Australians book blood donation appointments
As Sydney reeled from the Bondi beach terror attack, Sarah sat at home in the city’s inner west, feeling helpless.
So on Monday, the 59-year-old doctor rolled up her sleeve and made the same decision as thousands of other Australians: to donate blood. She felt giving blood was the least she could do.
More than 20,000 people across Australia have made an appointment to donate blood in the wake of the mass shooting in which 16 people were killed, including one of the alleged gunmen.
