Anthony Albanese has called 43-year-old fruit shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed “an Australian hero” after his terror attack intervention.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited a Sydney hospital where he met a man who disarmed an apparent gunman during Sunday's mass shooting in Bondi.

One of two men suspected of carrying out Australia's deadliest mass shooting in three decades will be charged later on Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, as the funerals of the Jewish victims of Sunday's attack began.

Australia is vowing to enact tougher gun controls after a targeted Hanukkah shooting at Bondi Beach leaves 15 dead and many people injured.

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner

The suspected gunmen who attacked a Jewish gathering on Bondi Beach were of Indian heritage and inspired by ISIS, officials say.

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a Jewish festival at a famed Australian beach has deepened diplomatic tensions between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Israeli counterpart, as domestic pressure mounted for his government to respond to antisemitism.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said he would propose tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach left at least 15 people dead.

Sunday's terrorist attack on Jewish Australians in Sydney highlights the community's fears amid rising antisemitism and government inaction since Oct.7, 2023.

The Australian government is "prepared to take whatever action is necessary," after the shooting at Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.

For years, Australia has been held up as a model to prevent mass shootings. Sunday’s attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach has challenged that notion. CNN’s Angus Watson reports from a vigil held for the victims of the attack.