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Sussan Ley’s shadow cabinet has agreed to work with Labor to pass its hate speech legislation in a special parliamentary sitting to respond to the Bondi beach massacre.
The shadow home affairs minister, Jonathon Duniam, said the Coalition was working with the Albanese government “in good faith” after Ley met with the prime minister to discuss a compromise. It comes after the parents of Matilda, the youngest victim of the terror attack, warned that rushed laws after a tragedy are “never good”.
The first morning of the two-day sitting opened with a minute’s silence before condolence motions for Bondi victims. The Labor MP Josh Burns recalled the fear that struck him the moment he learned of the terror attack. The former attorney general Mark Dreyfus became visibly emotional speaking about the “families and friends left behind”.
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