Overview
- The brief Sydney hearing focused on extending suppression orders that shield victims and survivors who have not identified themselves publicly.
- Defense attorney Ben Archbold said his client is held under very strict conditions at Goulburn maximum-security prison and has not indicated a plea.
- Prosecutors have charged Naveed Akram with 15 counts of murder and committing a terrorist act following the December attack.
- Police say the Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach left 15 people dead and dozens injured, and that Akram was injured as his father, Sajid Akram, died during the police response.
- Authorities have classified the massacre as terrorism and launched multiple inquiries, including a review of police–intelligence interactions and a royal commission into antisemitism.