Thousands of people gather at Bondi Beach to paddle out into the water to hold a minute's silence for the victims killed on Sunday.

Bondi is where millions of us learn to swim, to surf, to parade up and down the sands; where we rinse off our stress in the Pacific Ocean and suck in great gulps of sea air; where we bring interstate and overseas visitors to skite about our good fortune; where we thrill in our inheritance.

Hours before the Bondi Beach shooting that killed 16 and injured 40, Naveed Akram made a calm call to his mother, stating he had just swum and would eat soon.

When Matthew Hayes decided to pay his respects to the victims of the Bondi shooting, he had no idea he would unite everyone at the vigil in a heartwarming moment.

False. The quotes attributed to the senator are fake and were shared by a known disinformation operation. AAP FACTCHECK - A group of foreign-run Facebook pages continue to spread disinformation about the Bondi mass shooting with AI-generated articles and fake quotes.

Bondi Beach shooter's mother calls him a 'good boy' as authorities probe the antisemitic Hanukkah attack that killed 16, with inquiries into family, motive, and ongoing investigation.

Naveed Akram's mother, Verena, told the Sydney Morning Herald that her son had last contacted the family just hours before the mass shooting on Sunday