SYDNEY - The parliament of Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW) had passed tough new gun and protest laws in response to the fatal mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday.

ABC said that the bill, which packaged gun reforms with a ban on protests for up to three months, passed 18 votes to eight just before 3 am local time on Wednesday and included a key amendment on tightening firearms laws for people with suspected terrorist links.

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The legislation went back to the lower house to be rubberstamped, it added.

The mass shooting, which targeted an event celebrating the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, killed 15 victims on Dec 14. 

Meanwhile, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had asked the governor-general to institute a special honors list for first responders and other heroes from the Bondi fatal mass shooting.

Albanese said that the recipients, who would be announced in 2026, would include police, medical staff, and members of the community who rushed to help in the wake of the terror attack.

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He said that those who had risked their own safety to help strangers deserved public recognition.

The mass shooting, which targeted an event celebrating the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, killed 15 victims on Dec 14.