Good morning. Australians are this morning gripped by profound shock and grief after a terror attack targeted a Jewish festival in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Beach. At least 16 people are dead, including a child, and dozens are injured. One alleged gunman is dead and another in custody after the incident which Anthony Albanese has condemned as an “evil act of antisemitism”.

We have the latest coverage for you, along with analysis and commentary, on the nation’s worst mass shooting in decades.

Australia Photograph: Lukas Coch/ReutersWorldLo Kin-hei, the chair of the Hong Kong Democratic party, holds a press conference on Sunday after the vote to disband the party. Photograph: Leung Man Hei/AFP/Getty Images

Democratic party gone | Hong Kong’s last major opposition party has disbanded after a vote by its members, after Chinese pressure on the city’s remaining liberal voices in a years-long security crackdown.

Brown University attack | A person of interest in the shooting that killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island this weekend has been detained.

Gaza crisis | US contractors – including Trump administration insiders – are jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, sources claim.

The next chapter? | Venezuelan politicians battling to end Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule reject claims his downfall would thrust their country into a maelstrom of bloodshed and retribution.

Chile votes | The Donald Trump-inspired far-right candidate José Antonio Kast is favoured to win after vowing to tackle immigration issues if elected as Chile votes in its presidential runoff.

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In 1994, Ivan Milat was jailed for life for the murder of seven backpackers, whose bodies were found in the remote Belanglo state forest in the New South Wales southern highlands. Now, a NSW parliamentary inquiry could end up linking many more victims to the infamous serial killer. Anne Davies speaks with Reged Ahmad about the continued efforts by victims’ family members to uncover the truth.

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After the horror of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre that killed 35 people in Tasmania, Australia’s government stared down the gun lobby to introduce restrictions that led to a dramatic decrease in the number of guns. Then for almost three decades, Australia’s gun laws were recognised as among the most stringent – and effective – in the world. But, as Sarah Martin explains, the Bondi beach terror attack will force Australia to again confront its surging number of weapons. And: the Bondi terror attack follows a rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia and around the world, Jason Burke writes.

Not the newsBluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen is the first Bluey game made in Australia, the first to involve creator Joe Brumm and the first to respect the kids playing it. Photograph: Halfbrick Studios

Bluey embodies the talent, heart and character of Australia’s creative industries. Unfortunately, until now, the beloved franchise’s video games had a track record spottier than her friend Chloe the dalmatian. But, as Francisco Dominguez explains, with Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen we finally have the first good Bluey video game – one that lives up to the standards that made it one of the most-watched shows in the world.

SportErling Haaland (R) competes with Maxence Lacroix during Manchester City’s win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Much of today’s news is committed to coverage of the Bondi beach terror attack, including the Sydney Morning Herald which has focused on the actions of brave Sydneysiders defending their loved ones and passing strangers. There’s also alarm at the rise of “street benzos” – or fake Xanax – linked to a steady surge of accidental drug overdoses in Victoria, the Age reports. As Australia looks towards the summer holidays, there are calls for water safety messaging to be included in English education for migrants, ABC News reports.

What’s happening today

NSW | Three days of hearings in a coronial inquest focusing on the risks of lithium-ion battery fires are set to begin today in Lidcombe.

NSW | The head of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s financial stability department is due to deliver a speech to a banking conference in Sydney today.

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