Alex Ritson

There was also an amendment made that will make it very difficult, if not impossible, for anyone...

who has associations with people suspected of terrorism from ever owning a firearm.

So all of this brought in, of course, after the attacks at Bondi Beach just over a week ago.

The New South Wales state premier is a man called Chris Minns.

He's also brought in these protest laws.

Essentially, they give the police more powers to crack down on protesters and shut them down.

And also they ban any protests in the months after a terrorist incident.

And the state government here has been worried that mass pro-Palestinian rallies may well have fermented anti-Semitism in this country.

So some broad reforms.

being brought in by the New South Wales state government.

But as you say, a broad alliance of activists, political and community groups are mounting or are likely to mount a constitutional challenge, saying that the laws are unfair and undemocratic.

And as far as the gun reforms are concerned, there are politicians in the New South Wales state parliament who say that they won't do anything to protect against future atrocities and target simply law-abiding firearms owners.

I think the atrocity 10 days ago really showed, of course, the worst and the best in humanity.

The savagery and the brutality of the attack was countered to some degree from the immense heroism we saw.

There were at least four people who risked their lives to try to disarm and wrestle with the gunmen.

And we know that two of the victims, Boris and Sophia German,

died after trying to wrestle the firearm from one of the attackers.

So it's these sorts of heroic acts that the Australian government really has at the forefront as it creates a new award.

It will also include heroism from bystanders who rushed to give first aid to people who were literally under fire at the time, medical staff, the police, many, many heroic actions, big and small,

being considered by the government, and we are expected to find out the recipients of these bravery awards in the new year.