Killer’s father says he did everything in his power to help ‘very sick boy’ – as it happened

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Albanese on Bondi attacker's motive: The gender breakdown is of course concerning'

I just wanted to go back to the PM's appearance on ABC radio earlier, where he was asked what he thought of the motive behind the attack.

NSW police have said they're looking at that as part of the investigation.

The gender breakdown is of course concerning.

We're working with Westfield. As I said, we handed back the crime scene last night. But it spread over seven floors at Westfield. It will take some time to prepare the stores for reopening. No doubt there's some work to be done with stakeholders inside the Westfield, in terms of their own reaction and trauma to what has happened. So, that will be done very carefully, no doubt.