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Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm christinamid with the

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Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines, Anthony Albanesi has announced a national mandatory

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Speaker 1: gun buyback and will impose limits on the number of

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Speaker 1: firearms individuals can own. It's the first buyback since John

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Speaker 1: Howard's initiative after the nineteen ninety six Port Arthur massacre.

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Speaker 2: The terrible events at Bondai show we need to get

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Speaker 2: more guns off our streets. We know that one of

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Speaker 2: these terras held a firearm license and had six guns

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Speaker 2: in spite of living in the middle of Sydney suburbs

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Speaker 2: there at Bonnirick. There's no reason why someone in that

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Speaker 2: situation needed that many guns. There are now more than

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Speaker 2: four million firearms in Australia, more then at the time

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Speaker 2: of the Port Arthur massacre nearly thirty years.

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Speaker 1: Ago, but the Prime Minister ruled out recalling Parliament to

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Speaker 1: urgently legislate new and y Semitism laws. He has, along

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Speaker 1: with other states, declared Sunday, December twenty one a national

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Speaker 1: day of reflection, with flags to be flown at half masted.

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Speaker 1: He's asked Australians to light a candle at six forty

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Speaker 1: seven pm to honor the victims of Sunday's Hanuka massacre

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Speaker 1: at Bondai Beach.

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Speaker 2: We're asking all Australians to observe a minute of silence

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Speaker 2: and talking with media organizations about that as well.

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Speaker 3: This day is.

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Speaker 2: About standing with the Jewish community, wrapping our arms around them,

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Speaker 2: and all Australians sharing their grief. It is a moment

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Speaker 2: to pause, reflect and affirm that hatred and violence will

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Speaker 2: never define who we are as Australians. The terrorist atrocity

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Speaker 2: committed against Australia's Jewish community last weekend was motivated by

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Speaker 2: the evil of anti Semitism.

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Speaker 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nettanna, who urged the Australian government

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Speaker 1: to act urgently to combat anti Semitism after ignoring repeated

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Speaker 1: warnings by Israel that an incident could occur.

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Speaker 4: In my letter to Prime Minister Albanezi a few months ago,

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Speaker 4: I stated, clearly, you're going to have this uptick. It's

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Speaker 4: going to happen, there's no question about it. But that's

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Speaker 4: effectively what the Government of Australia has allowed and that

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Speaker 4: was bound to reach these tragic outcomes. Just as I

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Speaker 4: want Prime Minister Albanezi. But the important thing is you

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Speaker 4: have to take resolute action. I said, wake up, wake up.

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Speaker 5: To this world.

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Speaker 1: The Israeli PM also attacked the Albanesi government's recognition of

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Speaker 1: Palestinian statehood in that interview with Sky News Australia. A

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Speaker 1: group of men detained in western Sydney on Thursday are

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Speaker 1: suspected by police of having a quote extremist Islamic ideology.

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Speaker 1: Here's New South Wales Police Commissioner mal Lanyon.

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Speaker 6: It is certainly one of our biggest security threats and

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Speaker 6: we're certainly looking at radical Islamist extremism as one of

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Speaker 6: the ideology sorry behind these miles.

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Speaker 1: The seven men were detained in a dramatic traffic stop

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Speaker 1: in Liverpool late on Thursday after police received intelligence suggesting

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Speaker 1: a possible violent act could have been committed. Police believed

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Speaker 1: the men were planning to travel to Bondai Beach, among

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Speaker 1: other locations, but the New South Wales Police Commissioner said

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Speaker 1: no link between the alleged Bondai Beach shooters, Navid and

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Speaker 1: Sajid Akram had been established.

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Speaker 6: There is no confirmed link between the men at Bondai

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Speaker 6: and the seven men we detained yesterday. The actual motive

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Speaker 6: or the likely potential violent attack is unknown, but we

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Speaker 6: were not prepared to take any risk.

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Speaker 1: Commissioner Lanyon said on Friday, the police response, in which

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Speaker 1: a small Hyundi hatchback was rammed and multiple rounds of

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Speaker 1: non lethal rubber bullets were fired by tactical officers, was justified.

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Speaker 6: We have an incredibly low tolerance for risk when we

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Speaker 6: have evidence or information that someone may be prepared to

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Speaker 6: use violence. What you saw yesterday is a very clear

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Speaker 6: indication that we will act promptly to prevent any potential

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Speaker 6: violence within New South Wales.

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Speaker 1: Police confirmed a knife was found in the Hyundai. A

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Speaker 1: second vehicle, a toyoty Arras with Victorian number plates, was

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Speaker 1: also stopped, but didn't sustain serious damage. Police said no

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Speaker 1: weapons were found in that car. Two of the men

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Speaker 1: were held face down on a road near their vehicle,

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Speaker 1: while five others were handcuffed by police on a nearby footpath.

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Speaker 1: There are unconfirmed reports one of the men was under

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Speaker 1: active investigation by AZO Police applied for a Commonwealth detention warrant,

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Speaker 1: which means the group can be detained until seven thirty

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Speaker 1: pm on Friday. Commission O Lanyon said the men would

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Speaker 1: have to be released if sufficient evidence to justify their

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Speaker 1: continued detainment didn't come to light.

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Speaker 6: Once a person's not in custody, if they haven't been charged,

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Speaker 6: then subject to bio conditions, they are free to go.

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Speaker 6: Or have been very clear on the fact that we

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Speaker 6: will monitor these men whilst they are in New South

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Speaker 6: Wales and we'll work closely with Victorian and other Commonwealth

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Speaker 6: law enforcement partners.

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Speaker 1: Australian Federal Police Commissioner Chrissy Barrett said earlier on Friday,

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Speaker 1: more raids are likely to occur following the Bondai Beach

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Speaker 1: terror attack. Barrett said the AFP's Operation Avallite, which investigates

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Speaker 1: anti Semitism, had one hundred and sixty one current investigations

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Speaker 1: and had laid charges against several individuals.

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Speaker 3: Now this is just unbelievable. As a country, we should

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Speaker 3: really reflect on those statistics. When I became Commissioner in October,

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Speaker 3: I was so concerned about Australia's degrading security environment that

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Speaker 3: I announced the formation of the new National Security Investigations

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Speaker 3: Teams to target groups and individuals causing high harm to

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Speaker 3: our social cohesion. Essentially, the National Security Investigations Teams are

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Speaker 3: a lying squad of hate disruptors who focus on high harm,

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Speaker 3: high impact, politically motivated violence, communal violence, and hate crimes

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Speaker 3: that don't meet the threshold for terrorism investigations, but that

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Speaker 3: we know drive fear and division. This is all about

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Speaker 3: stopping hate and division earlier and well before it leads

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Speaker 3: to violence. So far, this crack squad has charged fourteen

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Speaker 3: individuals across thirteen investigations, and of those, four individuals across

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Speaker 3: four operations were charged for offenses relating to anti Semitism.

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Speaker 3: The teams were responsible for a recent week long national

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Speaker 3: blitz on the distribution and display of prohibited symbols and

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Speaker 3: for charging a passenger who only this week allegedly threatened

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Speaker 3: violence toward a member of the Jewish community on a

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Speaker 3: flight from Ballei to Sydney. The announcement today to boost

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Speaker 3: the numbers of our hate disruptors, as well as planned

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Speaker 3: changes to lower the threshold for hateess speech, will make

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Speaker 3: it easier for the AFP to take action quicker. It

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Speaker 3: could be the difference between us just knocking on a

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Speaker 3: door to warn an individual to an individual being placed

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Speaker 3: in handcuffs.

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Speaker 1: New South Wales Premier Chris Mins announced on Friday, the

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Speaker 1: state's police force will get sweeping new powers to block

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Speaker 1: public gatherings under certain circumstances.

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Speaker 5: Firstly, the government will act to ensure that we restrict

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Speaker 5: the authorization of public assemblies during high risk times, like

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Speaker 5: when there is a terrorist event. In New South Wales.

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Speaker 5: When a terrorist incident is formally declared under the Terrorism

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Speaker 5: Police Powers Act, the Police Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Police,

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Speaker 5: with the agreement of the Minister for Police, will be

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Speaker 5: able to declare a specific area where the public assemblies

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Speaker 5: are restricted for a period of time a public Assembly

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Speaker 5: restriction declaration that might be any part of the state

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Speaker 5: or all over the state. No public assemblies in a

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Speaker 5: designated area will be able to be authorized, including by

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Speaker 5: a court. Police will have access to existing powers to

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Speaker 5: move people on where their behavior presents or causes harassment

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Speaker 5: or intimidation or obstructs traffic. We hope this will be

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Speaker 5: a strong signal to the community that assemblies in public

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Speaker 5: spaces in a designated area are unsafe or discouraged during

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Speaker 5: a period of mourning or division or terrorism, and these

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Speaker 5: measures we believe are targeted.

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Speaker 1: It comes up to one hundred thousand pro Palestine protesters

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Speaker 1: marched over the Sydney Harbor Bridge following a successful court

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Speaker 1: challenge earlier in the year.

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Speaker 5: My view about these protests has been that it is

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Speaker 5: unleashing forces in our community that are not being contained.

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Speaker 5: When you see people marching and showing violent, bloody images,

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Speaker 5: images of death and destructions fishing something in our community

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Speaker 5: that the organizers of the protest can't contain.

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Speaker 1: Means also said New South Wales residents would be restricted

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Speaker 1: to owning four firearms, with exemptions in place for people

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Speaker 1: who shoot for sport or require guns for agricultural purposes.

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Speaker 1: Anyone else who has more than four guns will be

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Speaker 1: required to give them up.

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Speaker 5: We'll reclassify straight pull pump action button leave A release

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Speaker 5: firearms into Category C, limiting their access primarily to farmers

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Speaker 5: agriculture primary producers. Will reduce magazine capacities for Category A

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Speaker 5: and B firearms to a maximum of five to ten

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Speaker 5: rounds from a current unlimited capacity. Will introduce a complete

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Speaker 5: ban on firearms that can use belt fed magazines, and

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Speaker 5: we will remove the New South Wales Civil and Administrative

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Speaker 5: Tribunal review pathway once a designation has been made that

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Speaker 5: the license should be taken.

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Speaker 1: The Premier also banned the ISIS flag in New South

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Speaker 1: Wales but it cannot be used for quote demented terrorist

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Speaker 1: organization propaganda.

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Speaker 5: Now, these are extraordinary measures. Want to make it clear

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Speaker 5: that they're not the end of the measures. My government,

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Speaker 5: the Cabinet Office, the Attorney General and the Police Minister

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Speaker 5: have worked very hard in a short period of time

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Speaker 5: to craft an emergency set of legislative reforms to introduce

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Speaker 5: in the Parliament. But we don't believe that these are

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Speaker 5: all of the answers to fulfill our responsibility to keep

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Speaker 5: the public safe and to fight anti Semitism in the

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Speaker 5: community and hate speech and racism in the community.

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Speaker 1: The Prime Minister revealed there's fresh intelligence about the connection

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Speaker 1: between the Bondai attack and Islamic State.

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Speaker 2: The Office of National Intelligence has identified a regular online

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Speaker 2: video feed from ISIS that reinforces that this was an

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Speaker 2: ISIS inspired attack.

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