Australia has flagged stricter hate crime and gun laws since the Bondi Beach mass shooting

Australia has flagged stricter hate crime and gun laws since the Bondi Beach mass shooting

 DAVID GRAY

Australia's parliament will reopen two weeks early to crack down on hate crimes and gun ownership following the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, the government said Monday.

Australia has flagged a suite of reforms to hate crime and gun laws since the December 14 attack on a Jewish festival that killed 15 people -- the country's deadliest mass shooting in nearly three decades.

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