An Australian government inquiry has heard that a state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since the Bondi Beach shooting

Counter-terror authorities and police will face the royal commission this week as haunting photographs of the festival later targeted by terrorists emerge.

SYDNEY: Australia’s spy agency was “stretched” by threats on many fronts in the lead-up to an antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi in December, the nation’s intelligence chief said…