Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the worst of times has brought out the best of Australian character as the nation remembers 15 people gunned down at Bondi.
A retired intelligence chief will lead a review into the agency response to the Bondi attack but the opposition and Jewish groups want a royal commission.
Coming up from behind and disarming a gunman, Ahmed Al Ahmed has recalled the harrowing moments that changed his life and prevented other casualties at Bondi.
Jeers for the prime minister and cheers for a royal commission into the Bondi massacre have not convinced the government to accede to calls for an inquiry.
A grieving nation will pause in a silent tribute to the 15 victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack, a week since bullets rained on an unsuspecting crowd.
Accused murderer Naveed Akram is facing a court hearing from his hospital bed charged with 59 offences over the Bondi Beach shootings which killed 15 people.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing blistering criticism over the government's response to anti-Semitism in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting.
Armed with just a brick, Reuven Morrison bravely ran at the Bondi gunmen and paid with his life, leaving his family with "a gaping, heaving wound of sorrow".
