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.

Australia is the first country to take such sweeping action, but many countries, including the United States, are considering age-gating social media in similar ways. “We know the world will be watching,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a September speech at the United Nations.

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Australia on Friday revised its expected resources earnings up 4% to A$383 billion ($252.5 billion) for the current financial year thanks to record gold prices, resilient iron ore prices and the failure of its currency to rise against the U.

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Australian media say the men in the vehicle were believed to have been on their way to Bondi Beach. SYDNEY: Armed Australian police arrested seven men in Sydney's southwest on Thursday (Dec 18) after a tip they may be plotting a "violent act" in the city still reeling from the Bondi Beach shooting.

Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.

The 24-year-old man alleged to have carried out the mass shooting in Australia with his father has been slapped with charge, news releases indicate.