Canberra, Dec. 31 -- : Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has praised Australians for their response to the Bondi Beach terror attack in his New Year's address.
In the annual video message marking the end of 2025, Albanese said that the usual joy that Australians feel at the start of a New Year is "tempered by the sadness" of the fatal shooting of 15 people at a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach earlier in December.
The PM said that the nation's hearts ache for every life lost and every life changed forever by the terror attack, but that the response to the attack displayed the "best of the Australian spirit in all its courage and compassion.""And that is why I'm optimistic and determined that in the New Year we will rise to meet the c...