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Members of the Bondi community paddle and swim into the ocean and form a circle to pay their respects.

Bondi sea of solidarity as people paddle in victims’ memory

Emotional scenes have unfolded at world-famous Bondi Beach after more than 700 people paddled into the water in memory of the 15 lives lost in a mass shooting. 

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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has apologised after her husband was caught drink driving.

Premier’s grovelling apology as husband caught drink-driving

Embattled Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has been forced to front media after her husband had his licence suspended over a drink-driving incident.

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Hundreds of board riders and swimmers joined a paddle out at Bondi Beach in a show of solidarity. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Bondi reclaimed as thousands paddle out for ‘beautiful’ surf vigil

After a week filled with grief and anger, hundreds have taken to the waters off Bondi in a show of unity after gunmen killed 15 people at the famous beach.

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Naveed Akram and his father arrived in the Philippines weeks before their bloody massacre at Bondi Beach.

Sydney massacre ‘being used’ by ISIS for jihadist comeback

The infamous group is claiming to have inspired the Bondi Beach massacre to help its plans to return as one of the world’s most feared Islamic spreaders of terror, expert Josh Roose says.

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Usman Khawaja has taken time out of his 39th birthday celebrations to react to disgusting graffiti on a Brisbane mosque.

Aussie champion’s birthday night takes sad turn mid-Test

He should have been celebrating his wonderful life ... instead he was responding to a vile act.

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Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed has received a cheque for $2.5m following a charity campaign that gained international attention.

WATCH: Bondi hero’s inspiring message from hospital bed

Ahmed Al Ahmed, who wrested a gun from a man during the Bondi terror attack, has shared an inspiring message with Australia and the world, saying ‘enough is enough’ and it is time to ‘save life’. 

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Josh Frydenberg.

‘Life and death’: Frydenberg’s scathing assessment, plea

EXCLUSIVE: Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has not ruled out a return to politics, saying Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s weak leadership on anti-Semitism had been the difference between ‘life and death’.

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Efforts to combat anti-Semitism include a probe into universities where some say the hatred is rife. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Anti-Semitism probe sets up campus free speech battle

A task force will work to root out anti-Semitism on university campuses where Jewish groups say obsessive hatred has been allowed to fester.

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Lamar Ahchee on trial for Bali drug offences tells court he was ‘coerced’ by another man.
Heavily-armed counterterrorism police have detained a group of men believed to be on their way to Bondi Beach in dramatic scenes on a Sydney street.

Dramatic scenes as police detain men ‘planning violent act’

Heavily-armed counter-terrorism police have detained a group of men on their way to Bondi Beach in dramatic scenes in Sydney after receiving information a ‘violent act was possibly being planned’.

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Hot and sunny, or wet and cold? Here’s what to expect this Christmas Day.

Your Christmas Day forecast for every Aussie capital city

The Bureau of Meteorology has revealed the weather forecast for Christmas Day, with some cities expected to reach a top of 40C, and others expecting showers.

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The funeral of Tibor Weitzen at Chabad of Bondi.

More funerals as Sydney and Melbourne mourn Bondi victims

Tributes and tears flow as more Bondi victims were farewelled in funerals today.

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AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett at  Parliament House.

More raids to come as cops deny counter-terrorism cutbacks

AFP says hate preachers are on their radar as more police raids are set to unfold in the continuing Bondi investigation.

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The casket is carried out after the funeral for 10-year-old Matilda at Chevra Kadisha Memorial Hall in Sydney.

Tributes flow at emotional service for youngest Bondi victim

The youngest victim of the Bondi massacre was remembered at a funeral with a poem read by Premier Chris Minns that celebrated her immigrant parents’ love of Australia, and was tinged by anger.

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