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Anti-immigration rallies 'sow division' after massacre

Police warnings could not stop a couple of hundred anti-immigration and anti-government protesters, including recent One Nation convert Barnaby Joyce.

AAP · Dec 21, 2025

Bondi beach’s golden light can never be extinguished. It has always returned from its darkest days

Bondi has long been a stage for some of Australia’s best – and worst – moments. As it continues to reel from the Hanukah mass shooting, it’ll always be a place for everyone

The Guardian - AU · Dec 20, 2025

Bondi Comes Together: Surfers and Swimmers Paddle Out in Powerful Tribute to Shooting Victims

Hundreds formed unity circles in Bondi waters to honour 15 victims of the Hanukkah massacre in a powerful show of defiance against terror.

International Business Times UK · Dec 20, 2025

Fifty years since Syd-Hob's first all-female crew

This year marks five decades since Victoria Willman skippered the Sydney to Hobart's all-female crew to Constitution Dock.

AAP · Dec 20, 2025

A swim for unity at Bondi beach, the scene of Sydney’s darkest day. But on land tensions fray

Jewish voices say an attack of this kind was entirely predictable given the surge in antisemitic attacks in Australia since 2023

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025

'People warned': Jewish anger mounts over Bondi attack

As grief turns to anger in the wake of the Bondi massacre, Sydney's Jewish community is contemplating its future after the devastating loss.

AAP · Dec 19, 2025

Bondi has long been the spiritual home of Sydney’s Jews. Now it will be a place of remembrance and grief

The magnet that first drew émigrés, including my own parents, was the opportunity to pray and congregate in a beautiful, innocent new environment

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025

A flying Santa sleigh, 30,000 bulbs and extension leads galore: meet the Sydneysiders whose Christmas light show dazzles

In Hornsby Heights, some residents prepare their displays for weeks, getting the whole family involved for ‘a moment of wonder’ when the lights switch on

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025

Australia calls on gun owners to give up their firearms in wake of Bondi Beach attack

Prime minister says tighter firearms laws are needed as police lift crime scene and mourners honour 15 victims

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025

Rocky Balboa inspires URM Group on Syd-Hob comeback

The crew of mini-maxi yacht URM Group are drawing on legendary film character Rocky Balboa as they plot their Sydney to Hobart race comeback.

AAP · Dec 19, 2025