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Available sources show mass shootings (defined here as incidents with four or more people shot or killed) have been very rare in Australia since the 1995–96 Port Arthur era, with long periods of no su...
The phrase "intifada" is an Arabic word that literally means "a shaking off" and is generally translated as "uprising" or "resistance," but in modern discourse it carries layered, contested meanings b...
Australian authorities and national leaders say the December 14, 2025 Bondi Beach attack was a targeted terror strike on a Hanukkah celebration driven by Islamic State (IS) ideology and antisemitism: ...
Using the commonly cited “4+ victims” definition (Gun Violence Archive style) the United States records hundreds of incidents per year — sources cite roughly 391 mass shootings in 2025 as of Dec. 14 a...
Australian authorities have publicly identified the two alleged Bondi Beach shooters as Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram , and reporting across multiple outlets links their travel documents and n...
Critics say Zohran Mamdani’s record on Israel and some campaign-era rhetoric produced the bulk of accusations that he is antisemitic — notably his support for BDS, his reluctance to disavow the slogan...
There is no single, authoritative count of “how many terrorist attacks have there been” in 2025 in the provided sources; reporting instead documents several high‑profile attacks and multiple disrupted...
Australian mass-shooting perpetrators since 1995 show two dominant profiles: lone actors driven by personal grievances and antisocial histories (exemplified by Port Arthur in 1996), and a smaller but ...
The decisive policy change after a mass shooting in Australia was the national overhaul following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, which killed 35 people and led to the National Firearms Agreement (NFA)...
Australia’s 1996 reforms closed off many weapons and drove down firearms deaths, but recent reporting shows new gaps: more than 4 million guns are now in Australia and at least 2,000 lawfully enter th...
Video footage circulating online shows a bystander tackling and disarming one of the shooters during the December 14, 2025 Bondi Beach attack; multiple major outlets verified the clip and identified t...
Australian authorities say two men — a father and son identified in media as Sajid and Naveed Akram — were the only suspects in the Bondi Beach attack as of mid-December 2025; police have repeatedly s...
The older shooter at the Bondi Beach attack is reported to be a 50‑year‑old man identified in media reporting as Sajid Akram; police say he was shot dead at the scene . Authorities describe the attack...
authorities and multiple international news organizations describe the massacre as an antisemitic, –inspired terrorist attack carried out by two men identified as and his son , with one suspect dead a...
Media coverage of Randa Abdel‑Fattah’s removal from Adelaide Writers’ Week shows heated disagreement over whether her criticism of Israel crosses into hate; government and some Jewish groups publicly ...
Police and senior officials have publicly named the two Bondi Beach suspects as father and son Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram ; media reports say the elder was shot dead at the scene and the younger was...
Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years struck a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14, 2025, leaving about 15 people dead and dozens injured as police say a father-and-son duo car...
and the responded to through two different tracks: a formal grant investigation and institutional programming decisions. The suspended Abdel‑Fattah’s fellowship and tasked Macquarie with resolving all...
Since the was rushed through in January 2026, federal law expanded criminal offences tied to the online spread of extremist and hateful material and added new migration and customs powers—measures tha...
The man who wrestled a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been identified by multiple mainstream outlets and Australian officials as Ahmed al Ahmed, not “Edward Crabtree,” a fabricated name...