Australia

The school attended by 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest victim of the horrific Bondi Beach terror attack, has shared a heartbreaking tribute to the girl they remember as a ‘little ray of sunshine’.

Tom Silvagni, the youngest son of AFL great Stephen and television identity Jo, has been jailed after being convicted of rape.

As Governments contemplate landmark reforms to the nation's gun laws in the wake of the Bondi stabbing, Jewish groups are urging for cultural change.

Indian relatives of one of the dead gunmen in the Bondi massacre had little contact, police say, and ‘no knowledge of his radical ​mindset or activities’.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will on Wednesday unveil a slightly smaller than anticipated Budget deficit in a mid-year update expected to feature major spending cuts and rising revenue.

NEWS WORTHY: In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea looks at the foreign terror links to Bondi shooters that are being probed by international agencies.

DAVID FICKLING: In Australia, beaches are a sacred space where people of all walks of life meet. By committing an act of terror at Bondi, the shooters targeted our social cohesion.

SARAH STINSON: Bondi has always stood for openness and belonging. What it can stand for now is something even more important.

The death comes just a week before Christmas with police labelling it ‘inconceivable’.

Sajid and Naveed Akram, who police say were inspired by Islamic State, left the Philippines island of Mindanao on November 28. The island is the heart of an Islamic insurgency affiliated with ISIS.

The union representing federal police warned the Albanese Government last month the force was suffering ‘chronic and worsening shortages’ of counterterrorism officers.

Experts say the Bondi gunmen’s trip to the Philippines would have involved ‘psychological preparation’ for their massacre as authorities probe the purpose of the pair’s travel to the terrorism hotbed.

The father and son allegedly behind one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, with the father entering as an ‘Indian national’.

A reconstruction of the ISIS-inspired attack reveals the massacre was almost stopped before it began and victims pleaded for police help while they watched people being slaughtered around them.