CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Thank you for joining us. I am joined by the AFP Commissioner. This has been the darkest week in Australia's recent history. Theterrorist atrocity committed against innocent people celebrating Chanukah last week at Bondi Beach, targeting our cherished Jewish Australian community, has left our nation grieving and angry. The nation is carrying deep pain and sorrow, and last night, I was honoured to join with Jewish worshippers at the Great Synagogue in Sydney to honour the memory of the 15 lives stolen last Sunday, and to also commemorate those who've been injured, and a community that has been deeply traumatised byt...