Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing calls to recall a Christmas parliament to update hate speech laws and push through other reforms announced yesterday, as anger grows over his absence at the funerals of the Bondi victims. New details are emerging about the trip to the Philippines taken by accused shooters Sajid and Naveed Akram.

This is Tuesday’s coverage of the fallout from the mass shooting at Bondi Beach. The death toll remains at 15 with 22 victims still in hospital and 9 of them in critical condition. One of the alleged shooters, Sajid Akram, is also dead. The other alleged shooter, Naveed Akram, has reportedly woken from his almost 48-hour coma.

The New South Wales premier has rejected criticism of the police response to the attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, saying officers acted with "bravery and integrity". Some witnesses have suggested police were too slow to disarm the two gunmen, who killed 15 people and injured dozens in Australia's most famous beach on Sunday.

Two vehicles were intercepted in southern Sydney on Thursday in connection with a planned violent act, with New South Wales Police noting that at this point no connection to the Bondi Beach massacre was identified.

The police received information that a “violent act” was possibly being planned by the group who were on their way to Bondi Beach.

"She thought she was going to die at that location, to her ultimate credit and to the greatest respect of myself as her commissioner, she continued to perform her duty,” the commissioner said.

The investigation into how and why the Bondi terror attack unfolded has only just begun, but the question of whether there were enough police and security there that day will be central.

Videos from the tragedy give a clearer picture of how the antisemitic attack unfolded and how an officer, armed only with a handgun, moved in to take out the attackers from 45 meters (150 feet) away – helping to end Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.

The NSW government will seek to cap the number of firearms a person can possess and remove appeals pathways under landmark reform following the Bondi massacre.