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Catastrophe has a way of shaping leaders. Winston Churchill during World War Two, George Bush during 9/11 and Scott Morrison during the Black Summer bushfires.
It may define Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s leadership too, as he comes under pressure to respond to the antisemitism crisis and the Bondi Beach terror attack, in which 15 people were killed.
Today, the chief political correspondent at The Conversation, Michelle Grattan on whether Anthony Albanese can rise to the challenge.
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Michelle Grattan, chief political correspondent at The Conversation and a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra
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What actually works to prevent terrorist attacks and is Australia up to challenge in a complex threat environment?
The Prime Minister says new laws to tackle antisemitism will include powers to deport so-called hate preachers and a new criminal charge for those advocating "racial supremacy".
He’s also been pressured into adopting in-full the recommendations from the Special Envoy's Plan to Combat Antisemitism.
Today, the Lowy Institute's Lydia Khalil on how to stop the next terror attack.
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Lydia Khalil, extremism and counter terrorism expert and the director of the transnational challenges program at the Lowy Institute
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In the first week of summer, dozens of homes have been destroyed in bushfires; at Dolphin Sands in Tasmania, on the New South Wales Central Coast, and at Bulahdelah, north of Newcastle where a firefighter also died.
A local builder at Koolewong in New South Wales noted that a recently constructed home, built to modern fire safety standards, was left standing while others around it burned to the ground.
Today, the ABC’s Central Coast reporter Sarah Forster on the homes that were lost in Saturday’s fire and an expert on building houses in high bushfire risk areas.
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Sarah Forster, ABC Central Coast reporter
Colin Wood, member of the Standards Australia committee for the construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas
