Evening News Briefing - 15 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplify newsroom. I'm Tamara Cartwright. It's been
revealed the fifty year old gunman shot dead by police
in Bondai yesterday had been living in Australia on a visa.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burk says his twenty four year
old son, who came to the attention of AZO in
twenty nineteen, remains underguard in hospital and is an Australian

(00:23):
born citizen.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
The father arrived in nineteen ninety eight on a student visa,
transferred in two thousand and one to a partner visa,
and after each trip overseas since then, has been on
resident return visas, which has occurred three times.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Fifteen people killed when the pair opened fire while the
local Jewish community was celebrating a festival. Twenty seven people
remain in hospital, including two children, with six in a
critical condition. The shooting has Anthony Albanesi proposing tougher.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Gun laws and checks, of course, making sure that those
checks and ballances are in place as well. We will
task I'll take to National Cabinet this afternoon a proposal
to empower agencies to examine what can be done in
this area.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Act Chief Minister Andrew Barr says the focus on all
levels of government over the next few days will be
community safety and looking after those who have lost loved
ones or been injured. Meanwhile, ACT Emergency Services Minister Marisa
Patterson acknowledged the courage, professionalism and swift action of the
New South Wales Police officers and emergency responders at the scene.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
I would also like to thank our ACT police for
their ongoing work to provide support and security to the
ACT Jewish community. This has been an ongoing effort for
the past year and this will continue over the coming
days as this situation develops.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
The ACT Jewish Community has held a memorial service at
the National Jewish Memorial Center in Canberra today following yes
to today's terror attack. President Athel Morris says it provided
a space for Jewish and non Jewish communities to gather
in support of each other and help move on.

Speaker 5 (02:10):
The only short term goal I can look through is
to get people to feel better, to overcome their grief,
their fear, their sadness, their fright and to try and
get on with their lives.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
In the meantime, ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says if
can barons are looking for practical ways to help from afar.
The best thing you can do right now is give blood.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
The new Southwest Government has made one request of the
general public as a way of assisting, and that is
to donate blood. I think own negative is the blood
type that they are particularly seeking.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
Dinahs four and.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
The Governor General Sam Mouston will again open up Government
House tomorrow to give can Berans a chance to pay
their respects. A public condolence book will be available for
signing between two pm and four pm. And that's the
latest from the Camber News room this Monday. Check back
again tomorrow morning for our next update.