Terror attack in Australia exposes growing jihadist networks as security experts warn ISIS remains far from defeated despite recent government claims.

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday he called Israeli President Isaac Herzog and invited him to visit Australia, expressing his shock and dismay over the attack at the Jewish community Chanukah event on Bondi Beach last week.

Israel’s Amichai Chikli said Australian officials overlooked rising antisemitism and extremist rhetoric ahead of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack, criticizing the focus on gun laws.

Australia is on track for a significant expansion of desalination capacity — converting seawater to freshwater — to meet the needs of a swelling population at a time of declining average rainfall.

The authorities are vowing to crack down after a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration. Experts say that what the country needs might not be new laws.

Matilda, described by her school teachers as “our little ray of sunshine,” was enjoying a petting zoo at the festivities on Sunday just before she was killed along with 14 other people.

AUSTRALIA cricket legend Darren Lehmann has defended England stars after reports of them having a ‘stag do’ while on a break between tests. England director of cricket Rob Key

For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members.

Jake Lehmann has scored more Sheffield Shield hundreds than anyone else since the start of last season, helped South Australia end their 29-year title drought, and rediscovered his love for the sport. But his new two-year contract with Hampshire means that he has relinquished his childhood dream of winning his Baggy Green cap.