According to the Prime Minister, a gathering for unity and remembrance will take place that day, centered around the theme: “Light will triumph.”

To decide on the date, Albanese said he consulted with Sydney Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, who lost family members in the December 14 attack, which killed 16 people.

“Flags will fly at half-staff at all Commonwealth buildings in Australia, and further details will be announced later this week,” he stated.

The Prime Minister also called an early session of Parliament to discuss stricter laws against hate speech and gun violence next week in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack.

He argued that the terrorists had hatred in their minds but weapons in their hands, and both problems must be addressed through the law.

An estimated 2,000 people were on the popular Bondi beach on the day of the attack, most of them members of the Jewish community, to celebrate Hanukkah.

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