Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed for a month in a £11-a-night hotel in Davao, one of the largest cities in the Philippines on an island hotbed of Islamic extremism

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will seek to introduce legislation that makes it easier to charge people promoting hate speech and violence.

Australian police are investigating the father and son’s trip to the Philippines last month and whether they had links to terrorist groups.

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration

President Bongbong Marcos "strongly rejects" claims that the Philippines is an ISIS training hotspot, following allegations raised after authorities confirmed that the gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach had stayed in the country for nearly a month before returning to Australia.

The two gunmen behind Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly three decades appeared to have acted alone and were likely inspired by Islamic State ideology, said authorities.

Investigators are probing a trip the father and son alleged to have carried out the attack took to the Philippines. The Sydney Opera House was lit up with a menorah overnight in a message of support and solidarity to the Australian Jewish community.

The death toll of the horrific Bondi terror attack has risen to at least 16 people, including a 10-year-old schoolgirl, with fears the number of victims will continue to grow. Sky News Australia has rolling coverage of the tragedy.