00:00Wherever you are across our wonderful country, Christmas will feel different this year.
00:08After the terror inflicted on Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach,
00:14we feel the weight of sorrow in our hearts.
00:17As Christmas brings the message of love and compassion,
00:21we grieve those whose lives were stolen and those whose lives were changed forever.
00:27Together we give thanks for the extraordinary courage that shone so brightly through the darkness.
00:34A powerful reminder that in the worst of times we see the very best of the Australian character.
00:42It is in that spirit that Christmas brings Australians together to celebrate all that we have and all that we share.
00:50This Christmas comes at a time of deep sorrow and reflection for our nation.
00:54Just days ago, families and friends gathered in Bondi to celebrate faith and community.
01:01Instead, Australia witnessed an act of hatred and violence that took innocent lives from our Jewish community on the first night of Hanukkah.
01:11We mourn those lives. We grieve with their families.
01:15And we stand with a community that have been profoundly shaken.
01:21Moments like this test us.
01:23They ask who we are as a people and what we choose to stand for.
01:28Hatred and extremism have no place in Australia.
01:32Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia.
01:36Our strength as a nation lies in our decency, our courage and our willingness to stand together, especially when it is hard.
01:45It is important to us.
01:46We might have been on the water but we will forget some about the fact that we have to am kazakhaki's other stories and how we would have to tell our children.
01:51We need to keep laughing for you.
01:55Draw your love to bury on the list.
02:00We're leaving a past year by the mill.
02:03Letесь work to buy the rosindрать nature.
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