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Albanese Treads a Toxic Political Path After Bondi Attack

The prime minster faces a far-right rush to blame migration.
Flowers and candles placed near the site of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach yesterday.Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

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The deadly attack by a father and son on Jewish Australians gathered at Bondi Beach for a religious festival has horrified the country, where mass shootings are mercifully rare.