WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BONDI TERROR ATTACK:
"This was a barbaric attack against Jewish Australians. It appears the alleged killers were interested only in a quest for a death tally," - AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett
"(The police officers) engaged the gunmen on a foot bridge with handguns, the offenders had long-range rifles.. they were responsible for killing one of them and shooting the other one, saving many, many peoples lives. There are two police in critical care... they weren't shot in the back as they were running away - they were shot in the front."- Premier Chris Minns
"We gather not in fear, but in strength," Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann told the attendees of the Pillars of Light Festival, in Melbourne
"This was a meticulous, calculated, cold-blooded attack," - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
"There are good people of every persuasion in this wonderful country of ours, and although it's a terrible tragedy and a reminder that anything can happen here, we should not lose faith in the Australian achievement," - Former Liberal prime minister John Howard
"If there was one way for him to go on this earth, it would be fighting a terrorist," Sheina Gutnick told CBS while speaking about the death of her father, Reuven Morrison
"I'm here to hug the community, to hug the Australian citizens that care about life here," Israel's ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon
"What I saw at Bondi yesterday was the real Australia, the thousands of people who are, even as we speak, people are continuing to turn Bondi into a sea of flowers and a sea of love," former Attorney General and Jewish Australian Mark Dreyfus told Radio National Breakfast
"Change will take time, and the Jewish community cannot do it alone," - Philip Zajac, president of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria
"There were extraordinary stories of courage, but also … look what's happened to our beautiful Bondi. It's never going to be the same," NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane told Channel Nine
