Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here , and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter . Good afternoon. Under rapid questioning over the NSW police response to Sunday’s terror attack at Bondi beach, Chris Minns offered a heated defence . “There are two officers in critical care,” he said. “They weren’t shot in the back as they were running away. They were shot in the front.” At the same press conference this afternoon, the prime minister said the father and son duo allegedly behind the attack appeared to have been inspired by Islamic State , as police confirmed they were investigating why the pair recently visited the Philippines. HelloFresh and Youfoodz sued by ACCC after allegedly trapping customers in misleading meal-kit subscriptions Rachael Carpani, McLeod’s Daughters and Home and Away actor, dies ‘unexpectedly but peacefully’ aged 45 US military says deadly strikes carried out on three vessels in eastern Pacific Donald Trump sues BBC for up to US$10bn over edit of January 6 speech Usman Khawaja left out of Australia’s XI for third Ashes Test in Adelaide Aldi found to have cheapest Christmas groceries by Choice as supermarkets face price-gouging crackdown Continue reading...