Angela Brazier will step down as Firearms Safety Authority boss in April.

Armed officers took the 28-year-old man into custody about 4.45pm.

The person is the second local to die at the swimming spot in as many summers.

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Emergency services were called to Wellington St, near Union St about 3.10pm.

Parliament will be recalled next week to pass new hate speech and gun buyback laws in response to the December 14 terror attack at Bondi Beach.

At a press conference this afternoon, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said both houses will return on January 19 and 20 ahead of the scheduled return on February 2.

"I will write this afternoon to the Speaker of the House of Representatives for parliament to be recalled next Monday and Tuesday, both the House of Representatives and the Senate," he told reporters. 

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The government will move a condolence motion to acknowledge the 15 victims of the attack before debating the "combating antisemitism hate and extremism" bill.

The bill includes a package of reforms, including a landmark gun buyback scheme, increasing penalties for hate crimes, creating a new offence for hate preachers radicalising children and inciting hatred to intimidate and harass, expanding the ban on prohibited symbols and granting more powers for the Home Affairs department to cancel or refuse visas for people who spread hatred.

For example, racial vilification could be punished by up to five years' imprisonment. 

"The terrorists at Bondi Beach had hatred in their minds but guns in their hands. This law will deal with both," Albanese said. 

The legislative package will also lower the threshold for what is considered a hate group, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke signalling the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network and Hizb ut-Tahrir will be captured under the proposed change.

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"For a while, they have created a pathway for others to engage in violence, (but) have been careful to not explicitly call for it themselves," he said.

"They've kept themselves just below that threshold.

"This bill will lower that threshold, and lower that threshold to the extent that we can within the Constitution." 

ASIO chief Mike Burgess called out both organisations for testing the "limits of legality" while fuelling division in a speech about foreign interference in November.

The bill will be released to the public and open to submissions tomorrow.

The prime minister will brief Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Greens leader Larissa Waters on the draft legislation this afternoon and is hopeful it will pass by Tuesday afternoon.

"I would expect that there will be cooperation," he said. 

"I'm hoping that the laws can be passed efficiently and quickly with the support of the entire parliament."

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Australians have been advised to leave Iran now, as ongoing protests may make it "impossible to leave later".

Updated advice from Smartraveller warned that though flights are still departing the West Asian nation, that could soon change.

"Commercial options to depart are still available but becoming more limited," it read.

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"Airspace closures and flight cancellations could happen soon, making it impossible to leave later."

Airspace closures and flight cancellations could occur at short notice if the already volatile security situation in Iran continues to deteriorate.

The internet is already down and phone lines have been cut off amid nationwide protests.

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The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says 538 people have been killed and 10,600 detained.

According to Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), an independent, Norway-based non-profit that monitors the human rights situation in the country, the death toll may be as high as 2000.

"Security forces' response to protests has been severe, and many protesters and bystanders have been injured, killed or detained," Smartraveller said in updated advice.

"Avoid public gatherings and protests. Australians, including dual nationals, are at a high risk of being detained."

It urged all Australians in Iran to leave immediately.

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The Australian Embassy's operations have been suspended and the Australian government's ability to provide consular assistance in Iran is extremely limited.

Australians who choose to remain against government advice will be responsible for their own safety.

They should be prepared to shelter in place for an extended period and stock up on food, water and medication.

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US President Donald Trump's photo portrait display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has had references to his two impeachments removed, the latest apparent change at the collection of museums he has accused of bias as he asserts his influence over how official presentations document US history.

The wall text, which summarised Trump's first presidency and noted his 2024 comeback victory, was part of the museum's "American Presidents" exhibition. The description had been placed alongside a photograph of Trump taken during his first term.

Now, a different photo appears without any accompanying text block, though the text was available online. Trump was the only president whose display in the gallery, as seen Sunday, did not include any extended text.

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The White House did not say whether it sought any changes.

Nor did a Smithsonian statement in response to Associated Press questions.

But Trump ordered in August that Smithsonian officials review all exhibits before the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4.

he Republican administration said the effort would "ensure alignment with the president's directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions."

Trump's original "portrait label," as the Smithsonian calls it, notes Trump's Supreme Court nominations and his administration's development of COVID-19 vaccines.

That section concludes: "Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials."

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Then the text continues: "After losing to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump mounted a historic comeback in the 2024 election. He is the only president aside from Grover Cleveland (1837– 1908) to have won a nonconsecutive second term."

Asked about the display, White House spokesman Davis Ingle celebrated the new photograph, which shows Trump, brow furrowed, leaning over his Oval Office desk. Ingle said it ensures Trump's "unmatched aura … will be felt throughout the halls of the National Portrait Gallery".

The portrait was taken by White House photographer Daniel Torok, who is credited in the display that includes medallions noting Trump is the 45th and 47th president.

Similar numerical medallions appear alongside other presidents' painted portraits that also include the more extended biographical summaries such as what had been part of Trump's display.

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Sitting presidents are represented by photographs until their official paintings are commissioned and completed.

Ingle did not answer questions about whether Trump or a White House aide, on his behalf, asked for anything related to the portrait label.

The gallery said in a statement that it had previously rotated two photographs of Trump from its collection before putting up Torok's work.

"The museum is beginning its planned update of the America's Presidents gallery which will undergo a larger refresh this Spring," the gallery statement said.

"For some new exhibitions and displays, the museum has been exploring quotes or tombstone labels, which provide only general information, such as the artist's name."

For now, references to Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton being impeached in 1868 and 1998, respectively, remain as part of their portrait labels, as does President Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation as a result of the Watergate scandal.

And, the gallery statement noted, "The history of Presidential impeachments continues to be represented in our museums, including the National Museum of American History."

Trump has made clear his intentions to shape how the federal government documents US history and culture.

He has offered an especially harsh assessment of how the Smithsonian and other museums have featured chattel slavery as a seminal variable in the nation's development but also taken steps to reshape how he and his contemporary rivals are depicted.

In the months before his order for a Smithsonian review, he fired the head archivist of the National Archives and said he was firing the National Portrait Gallery's director, Kim Sajet, as part of his overhaul. Sajet maintained the backing of the Smithsonian's governing board, but she ultimately resigned.

At the White House, Trump has designed a notably partisan and subjective "Presidential Walk of Fame" featuring gilded photographs of himself and his predecessors – with the exception of Biden, who is represented by an autopen – along with plaques describing their presidencies.

The White House said at the time that Trump himself was a primary author of the plaques.

Notably, Trump's two plaques praise the 45th and 47th president as a historically successful figure while those under Biden's autopen stand-in describe the 46th executive as "by far, the worst President in American History" who "brought our Nation to the brink of destruction."

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Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed has shared another video of his confrontation with one of the gunmen during last year's deadly shooting.

The 43-year-old – who is in the United States receiving medical treatment – explained that the moment has "changed (him) forever" after posting the vision on his Instagram.

"I saw a new video of myself from the Bondi attack," Ahmed said.

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"Watching it took me back to that moment… I did not choose to be there.

"I chose courage. I chose humanity. I chose to save innocent lives.

"Saving lives changed me forever."

The video was taken from an alternate angle, from across the car park, and shows Ahmed as he grabbed the firearm and pointed it at the shooter.

The tobacco shop owner said he still "carries the memories of the trauma" but was proud of his heroic act.

He was shot several times during the deadly attack on December 14 after wrestling a firearm from one of the shooters.

"I am grateful to be alive. I am proud of what I did," he added.

"And I will always stand for compassion, courage, and doing what is right."

Ahmed travelled to the US last week for more treatment, where he was greeted by the FBI and given a hero's welcome.

He was seen with his arm in a sling after suffering five gunshot wounds during the terror attack.

While in New York City, Ahmed provided an update to his social media followers and revealed his health had declined.

He shared footage of himself lying in a hotel room bed while surrounded by cameras and visitors.

"I was scheduled to attend several meetings, but due to the sudden swelling in my hand and the severe pain, I had to cancel them all," Ahmed said.

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"When the pain returns after the medicine wears off, I feel discouraged.

"But when I remember that I did what I did to protect innocent people, and that so many people love me and are wishing for my recovery, I feel hope, optimism, joy, and strength rise inside me again."

Ahmed was globally lauded as one of the several heroes who emerged from the Bondi massacre after the initial footage circulated online.

In response, a GoFundMe was set up in his honour and he was later presented with a $2.5 million cheque.

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