"New South Wales police said public order and riot squad officers would carry the weapons at the fifth and final Ashes Test, which starts on Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), after similar measures were implemented at the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and New Year's Eve events in Sydney. Police said the decision was not due to any active or imminent threat."
"In a letter to the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, and shared online by the Australian Jewish Association on Friday, the Israeli minister for diaspora affairs, Amichai Chikli, said an earlier letter he received from Burke stops short of directly identifying radical Islam as the driving ideology behind [the Bondi] attack. We would welcome the opportunity to host and train senior Australian police and security personnel in Israel, sharing our expertise and best practices in countering terrorism and antisemitism, the letter ends."
Police will carry long-arm rifles at the fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney as security remains heightened after the Bondi terror attack. New South Wales public order and riot squad officers will be armed after similar measures at the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and New Year’s Eve events. Police said the deployment was not because of any active or imminent threat and was intended to help the public feel safe, according to NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon. Fifteen people were killed at a Hanukah event at Bondi on 14 December. Israel offered to host and train senior Australian police and security personnel; the home affairs minister’s office confirmed receipt of the offer but declined to comment on whether it was being considered.
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