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I'm leased to set one week on from one of Australia's darkest days.
Today Australians gathered to light candles to remember the victims of the Bondi beach shooting.
That horrific moment when two gunmen, father and son, inspired by Islamic State,
fired into crowds who were celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
15 people were killed, including a child and a Holocaust survivor.
Today people line their windowsills with candles in a nationwide gesture of light over darkness,
and thousands held a silent vigil on Bondi Beach.
I think it's really important that we don't hide away from Bondi Beach and act scared