WEBVTT - Lay off police: Premier fires up

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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<v Speaker 1>the Front's afternoon headlines. A fired up New South Wales

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<v Speaker 1>Premier Chris Mins has defended the state's police officers against

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<v Speaker 1>suggestions they did not act fast enough to stop the

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<v Speaker 1>Bondai Beach massacre. At a tense press conference in Sydney,

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<v Speaker 1>the Premier was joined by Prime Minister Anthony Alberanezi, AFP

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<v Speaker 1>Commissioner Chrissy Barrett and New South Wales Police Boss Malanion.

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<v Speaker 1>After a series of questions focusing on how many cops

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<v Speaker 1>were protecting worshipers at a huneker event at Bondi Beach

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<v Speaker 1>before two gunmen began shooting men, women and children, the

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<v Speaker 1>Premier said, in hindsight, more officers could have been deployed,

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<v Speaker 1>but he spoke passionately about the response from officers who

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<v Speaker 1>rushed to the scene.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry, I feel it's incredibly important to me, as the

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<v Speaker 2>Premier of New Southwest to respond to some of these questions.

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<v Speaker 2>Wales police acted with bravery and integrity. They didn't take

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<v Speaker 2>a backward step. They engaged the gunmen on the footbridge

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<v Speaker 2>with handguns. The offenders had long range rifles and New

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<v Speaker 2>South Wales police officers were responsible for killing one of

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<v Speaker 2>them and shooting the other one and as a result,

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<v Speaker 2>saving many many people's lives. Now there are two officers

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<v Speaker 2>in critical care in New South Wales hospitals at the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>They weren't shot in the back as they were running away,

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<v Speaker 2>they were shot in the front. I'm sorry to be

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<v Speaker 2>graphic about it, but if there's any suggestion that New

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<v Speaker 2>South Wales Police didn't live up to their responsibilities to

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<v Speaker 2>the people of this state, it should be rejected because

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<v Speaker 2>it's not consistent with the facts. New South Wales police officers,

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<v Speaker 2>some of whom had been in the job for a

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<v Speaker 2>number of months, put their lives on the line to

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<v Speaker 2>save people in this state and I think this rushed

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<v Speaker 2>to conclusions before all the facts are known, in my view,

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<v Speaker 2>is disrespectful to their actions.

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<v Speaker 1>On Sunday, twenty four year old Bondai terror suspect Navid

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<v Speaker 1>Akram was on Tuesday revealed as a follower of the

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<v Speaker 1>radical Muslim cleric Wissam Hadad. Akram was allegedly connected to

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<v Speaker 1>Islamic State through the Almadina Dhawa Center in Western Sydney,

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<v Speaker 1>where had Ad preachers. Akram who has worked as a

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<v Speaker 1>bricklayer and reportedly has been out of work for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of months before the Bondi shooting, was just seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>years old when he was filmed handing out pamphlets for

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<v Speaker 1>Hardad's ministry. This is the voice of Navid Akram.

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<v Speaker 3>My bluble cred for your brother, repread to Abi Alat and.

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<v Speaker 2>The first color.

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<v Speaker 1>Akram's links to Islamic State adherents put him on Asio's

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<v Speaker 1>radar in twenty nineteen when the videos were filmed. Akram

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<v Speaker 1>was shot by police after he and his father, fifty

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<v Speaker 1>year old Sajid Akram, allegedly opened fire on a Jewish

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<v Speaker 1>high on a celebration at Bondeai Beach on Sunday. Sajid

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<v Speaker 1>was killed by police at the scene and his son

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<v Speaker 1>Navide is under police guard in hospital. Fifteen people, including

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<v Speaker 1>a ten year old girl, a Holocaust survivor, and two

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<v Speaker 1>rabbis were killed in the attack, designated a terrorist act

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<v Speaker 1>by New Southwell's Police Commissioner Mallanyon revealed authorities are investigating

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<v Speaker 1>a trip made by the father and son to the

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<v Speaker 1>Philippines last month, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Reasons why they went to the Philippines and the purpose

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<v Speaker 2>of that and where they went when they were there

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<v Speaker 2>is under investigation of the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi followed through on his promise to

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<v Speaker 1>raise gun reforms in a specially convened National Cabinet meeting

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday, but a six month old plan to combat

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<v Speaker 1>rising anti semitism wasn't on the agenda, The Australian revealed

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<v Speaker 1>on Tuesday. State and territory leaders had to push the

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<v Speaker 1>PM on what can be done to quell the hate.

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<v Speaker 1>A draft document seen by The Australian contained just one

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<v Speaker 1>paragraph about the plan to a rat ded antisemitism. The

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<v Speaker 1>Australians Joanni Bishan asked Albanesi about that draft, but a.

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<v Speaker 3>Draft document that was presented to state premiers containment one

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<v Speaker 3>paragraph about the issue of anti semitism, and this was

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<v Speaker 3>later caged out a second paragraph that included existing policies

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<v Speaker 3>that you're already working on. Why are you not announcing

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<v Speaker 3>sweet of antisemitism measures right now instead of talking about

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<v Speaker 3>gun control. That's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>The report is not accurate, Albanzi said. The government's already

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<v Speaker 1>outlawing Nazi symbols and doxing. We have taken the report

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<v Speaker 1>from the Anti Semitism on board and what we are

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<v Speaker 1>doing is busy implementing it, and we talked about that yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>A clearer sense is emerging of what gun law reform

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<v Speaker 1>might look like, with Chris Minn saying he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>recall the Southwell's Parliament before Christmas to pass laws giving

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<v Speaker 1>police the power to use criminal intelligence, not just a

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<v Speaker 1>criminal record, when determining whether a gun license could be

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<v Speaker 1>issued or renewed.

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<v Speaker 2>If we can craft a law that the police commissioner

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<v Speaker 2>can say, I've got concerns about this person. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want them having access to a gun, notwithstanding the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that they don't have a criminal record. That's the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of legislation that we want to see in.

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<v Speaker 1>Numerous questions remain about the alleged actions of Navid and

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<v Speaker 1>Sajid Akram. New video emerged on Tuesday of a police

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<v Speaker 1>detective shooting Sajid Akram dead, and of two members of

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<v Speaker 1>the public who tackled the men as they got out

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<v Speaker 1>of their car on Bondais Campbell Parade before beginning the massacre.

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<v Speaker 1>The bodies of those civilians were later seen on drone

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<v Speaker 1>footage lying motionless next to the men's car. They haven't

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<v Speaker 1>been identified. That car was allegedly packed with explosives and

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<v Speaker 1>had what police say was a homemade ISIS flag draped

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<v Speaker 1>over the windscreen. You can check out all those angles

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<v Speaker 1>live right now at Beaustralian dot com dot au