The heroic Australian man who tackled a shooter and wrested away his gun has said he would do it all over again, his migration lawyer said, according The Sydney Morning Herald.

The country endured its deadliest mass killing in nearly 30 years, with the massacre of 15 people this weekend during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach.

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.

Helicopters track overhead. Forensic investigators - bright blue figures in the distance - comb over the crime scene from Sunday afternoon when two gunmen opened fire at an event marking the Jewish festival of Hannukah, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 40 others.

Heroic bystanders were seen on video disarming an ISIS-inspired gunman on a deadly shooting rampage in Sydney, Australia, during a Hanukkah celebration.

Rachael Carpani, best known for starring in Australia's "McLeod's Daughters" in the 2000s, has died following a "long battle with chronic illness."

A bystander, identified by 7NEWS Australia as Ahmed al Ahmed, seen disarming a gunman at Sydney's Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah event is being heralded as a hero.

The two men who killed at least 15 people on Sunday were driven by “Islamic State ideology,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Australia’s public broadcaster.