STORY: Around 1,000 surf lifesavers held a vigil on Sydney's Bondi Beach on Saturday (December 20) morning, six days after two gunmen killed 15 people and wounded dozens more at a seaside celebration of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.

The Bondi Beach volunteer and professional surf lifesavers, in their distinctive red and yellow uniforms, lined the sand for two minutes of silence to honour the shooting victims, a Surf Life Saving Australia spokesperson said.

Both the federal government and the state government of New South Wales, where Sydney is located, have pledged a raft of reforms, including tightening gun control laws.

The mass shooting, Australia's worst in nearly 30 years, is being investigated as an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community, while authorities have ramped up patrols and policing across the country to prevent further violence.

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1. VARIOUS OF SURF LIFESAVERS LINING BONDI BEACH

2. SURF LIFESAVERS HUGGING

3. VARIOUS OF SURF LIFESAVERS LINING BONDI BEACH

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4. AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE WALKING TOWARDS PODIUM

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, ANTHONY ALBANESE, SAYING:

"This has been the darkest week in Australia's recent history. The terrorist atrocity committed against innocent people celebrating Hanukkah last week at Bondi Beach, targeting our cherished Jewish Australian community, has left our nation grieving and angry. The nation is carrying deep pain and sorrow.”

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6. VARIOUS OF SURF LIFESAVERS LINING BONDI BEACH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER, CHRIS MINNS, SAYING:

“First of all, the government will introduce new laws banning hateful symbols and giving police greater powers to remove face coverings during public assemblies and demonstrations. The government will examine additional measures to further crack down on hateful slogans.”

8. VARIOUS OF SURF LIFESAVERS LINING BONDI BEACH

9. CROWD WATCHING SURF LIFESAVERS

10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER, CHRIS MINNS, SAYING:

“We'll also make it very clear that horrific recent events have shown that the chant ‘globalise the intifada’ is hate speech and it encourages violence in our community. The chant will be banned alongside other hateful comments and statements made in our community.”

11. VARIOUS OF SURF LIFESAVERS LINING BONDI BEACH

12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER, CHRIS MINNS, SAYING:

“I think we need a royal commission. Right now, we've got bits and pieces of the jigsaw puzzle here, but we don't have the full picture. And until we've got a full and accurate picture of exactly how this happened with a plan to ensure that it doesn't happen again, then I don't have answers to the people of New South Wales about what happened on Sunday. Yes, it's clear that the criminal investigation has uncovered parts of what happened. But we need a comprehensive look at this horrible terrorism event.”

13. SURF LIFESAVERS LINING BONDI BEACH

14. RESCUE HELICOPTER FLYING NEAR BEACH