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Australia has a reputation for strict gun laws. How did the Bondi Beach shooting happen?

A massacre nearly 30 years ago led Australia to get tough on guns – now the Bondi shooting has reignited that debate

The Independent UK

Tunbridge Wells water cut likely to last after treatment problem reoccurs

Thousands of homes, schools and businesses expected to be without supply for at least another day

The Guardian - UK

Family of Erin Patterson’s victims say mushroom trial media frenzy fed off their suffering

Heather and Ian Wilkinson’s daughter says it is ‘revolting to experience our family’s tragedy being turned into entertainment’. Plus: Andrew Greene’s second chance

The Guardian - AU

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Australia is too often a leader in conspiracy thinking – from Port Arthur ‘trutherism’ to Christchurch

The Australian government officially categorised the white supremacist Terrorgram Collective as a terrorist organisation last month – after it was linked to an alleged plot to kill a New South Wales Labor MP. A decentralised network, Terrogram mostly operates on the messaging app Telegram.

The Conversation

Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up

After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons became restricted and a national gun registry was established.

The Conversation

And the winner should be … the season’s most overlooked movie performances

While Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrell continue to rack up awards, as we edge towards the Oscars, there are other actors who deserve to be included

The Guardian - US

Bali 2002 review – Bali bombings mini-series is out of its depth

Stan’s four-part series recreates a terrorist attack seared into our psyche – but it’s confused about what it wants to be, and poses an ethical question too

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Cinemas, Netflix set to release Aussie film The Stranger. Here’s why it’s controversial

The parents of Daniel Morcombe criticised The Stranger as a ‘callously disrespectful’ film depicting the hunt for their child's killer.

The New Daily

Man claims lawyer misunderstood colloquial 'Aussie language' in threats that led to intervention order

A man who claimed threats to his former lawyer were misinterpreted because he only speaks "Aussie language" and not proper English loses an appeal against an intervention order against him.

ABC News

Sunderland lout hit with new-style punishment after pushing shopping trolley onto Metro track

Martin Bryant, 25, pushed a shopping trolley onto the line at Sunderland's Stadium of Light station while drunk on Wednesday, April 21

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