Joel Needler

Authorities have identified the shooters as father and son Saeed and Naveed Akram.

Saeed was legally able to own firearms in strictly regulated Australia because he had a recreational hunting license.

Counterterrorism authorities apparently looked into the son, Naveed, back in 2019 over his association with the Islamic State.

Police reportedly believe the duo had both pledged allegiance to the Islamic State before the attack.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apparently attends to introduce new gun legislation in response.

BBC Director General Tim Davey and CEO of News Deborah Ternes said they would leave after the controversy exploded over a documentary on the January 6 Capitol riot.

According to a leaked BBC memo, an independent advisor to the public broadcaster said the documentary, quote, completely misled viewers about the events of the day, particularly President Trump's role in the chaos.

The documentary cut out Trump's call for protesters to make their voices heard, quote, peacefully and patriotically, instead making it sound like he called for violence.

The president's attorneys have demanded that the BBC, quote, retract the false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements and apologize, or else face a $1 billion lawsuit.

A U.S.

district judge sided with Tennessee and 14 other states that sued the Department of Health and Human Services over the rule.

The judge said that HHS overstepped its legal authority by expanding Title IX discrimination protections to gender identity.

He wrote, quote, "...in the opinion of the court, Congress only contemplated biological sex when it enacted Title IX in 1972."

Therefore, the Court finds that HHS exceeded its authority by implementing regulations redefining sex discrimination and prohibiting gender identity discrimination.