Natasha Belling

He killed 35 people and injured many more.

And I think all of these victims, obviously in their families, their lives changed forever.

But I think many of us always think about those two little girls, Madeline and Alana, and their mum and Walter, who on that day lost his entire family.

Also today there, Mike, and you're there in at Port Arthur for this memorial.

Take us through earlier today, there was a memorial held, the media wasn't invited to attend.

Tell us what was taking place there.

So incredibly tough.

And you make a great point there, Mike, that no one begins to heal or get over such a horrific tragedy, not only if you lose a loved one, but for the survivors too.

That was a couple of minutes or a day in their life that they forever live through day after day after day.

In regards to what happened after this massacre is Walter Mekak, who was the dad who lost his two little precious daughters and his wife.

He actually wrote a letter to John Howard, who was the Prime Minister

at that time in 1996, pleading for something to be done about guns.

Mike, for you, you have been an outstanding journalist that has covered events right across the world for decades.

For you standing there right now at Port Arthur marking this horrific anniversary, what's the key message you're walking away with today?

Mike, we really appreciate your time and we appreciate your honesty.

And yet again, our thoughts go out to all the survivors and the people that lost their loved ones during this horrific massacre 30 years ago today.

Thanks, Tash.

That was Channel 7 journalist Mike Amor.

And that's it for this episode of the afternoon edition of The Briefing.

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