Alex Ritson

The police were waiting for him to wake up.

He did so on Tuesday evening.

Charges were laid today.

And we also understand that this man did appear in court via a video link.

So the legal process is underway.

And there is the speculation that the real meat of the court process will begin perhaps in April of next year.

So it certainly won't be a quick process.

But so far, 59 offences.

This man is facing 15 counts of murder.

A gun control law is going to be tightened as a result of all of this?

I think what we're seeing is an intensification of the political fallout from this atrocity at Bondi Beach.

We have the federal government and the state governments of New South Wales promising to reform Australia's gun laws to try to make it harder for individuals to hold weapons.

multiple firearms.

There could also be restrictions on the types of weapons people can hold and a revamp of the licensing system.

So the governments, federal and state, want to toughen those laws.

But the critics of the federal government say that this is all a ploy to divert attention away from what they say is the prime minister's failure to address a rising tide of anti-Semitism.

So

On the one hand, you have the grief that follows an attack like this and the funerals and the impact on society, but also you've got an intensifying political situation as a consequence of this attack as well.

More than 70 health workers have been detained in Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur.

They're among 5,000 people who are being held in the city of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, by the paramilitary rapid support forces.