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State and federal governments say they're moving quickly to tighten gun laws in the wake of the Bondi terrorist massacre. But Federal Police have urged governments to go further - including tracking ammunition.

Officers have also spoken out overnight about "chronic and worsening shortages" of staff to monitor potential threats.

Former Prime Minister John Howard- who reformed Australia's gun laws in the 1990s says he doesn't want a focus on guns after the Bondi terror attack to "be used as a pretext to avoid the broader debate" about antisemitism.

Earlier this week, National Cabinet agreed to strengthen gun laws after the deadly Bondi terror attack.

Authorities are now investigating the training and connections the Bondi gunmen may have had, both in Australia and overseas.

Police have confirmed the father-and-son alleged killers travelled to the Philippines weeks before they killed 15 people at a Jewish community event on Sunday.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

A chorus of humpback whale sounds captured by underwater microphones off the NSW south coast is giving researchers a brand new understanding of whale migration patterns.

• Guest: Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow at the Whales and Climate Research Program at Griffith University

• Producer:

  Grace Stranger 

  Eddy Diamond

It's been a week since Australian kids were locked out of the most popular social media platforms under the federal government's world-leading ban for under-16s.

In that time, several countries have signalled they'll follow Australia's lead. But while international action builds, teens in Australia continue to circumvent the ban.

The targeting of Jewish Australians has sent shockwaves around the world and renewed fears about antisemitic violence far from the Middle East.

Governments and authorities are being urged to work harder to stamp out hate and protect the community

• Guest: Ernest Herzog is the Head of Combating Antisemitism, Intelligence & Security for the World Jewish Congress
• Producer: Anne Barker and Grace Stranger

Federal Police are investigating a trip the father-and-son gunmen took to the Philippines weeks before Bondi's deadly terrorist attack.

The Philippines Immigration Department says the men arrived in early November, stayed for a month, and listed Davao, on the southern island of Mindanao, as their final destination - a region long linked to terrorist groups and training camps.

Ukraine and 34 other European countries have formally approved an International Claims Commission to compensate citizens for damages caused by Russia's invasion.

The proposed International Claims Commission would review tens of thousands of claims already lodged for destroyed homes, injuries and alleged war crimes.