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Tony Burke says terrorists ‘don’t speak for us’

Stephanie Convery

Back to Canberra, where Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, opened his condolence motion with an anecdote about Ahmed al-Ahmed, who he says was at Bondi’s Hanukkah celebration because he had been looking for a coffee and was invited into the event by a rabbi.

Burke said:

Nobody is going to tell me that Ahmed Al-Ahmed is of the same religion as the gunman.

He continued:

When I visited him in hospital his explanation of what he did was very much about the hand of God, a story you could have heard from somebody of any faith. And I just think it’s important as we work through the horror, and the hatred and the evil, the unspeakable evil of those gunmen, we need to not lose what’s best about Australia and we don’t assign it on the way through to the wrong people.

Burke said he wishes the government was “going harder” on hate speech than they are in the legislation being put forward tomorrow.

In this moment Australia has a chance to respond more loudly than the evil of the terrorists and to simply say they don’t speak for us. Our voice is: you are welcome here forever, we will make it safe.

Back to Canberra, where Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, opened his condolence motion with an anecdote about Ahmed al-Ahmed, who he says was at Bondi’s Hanukkah celebration because he had been looking for a coffee and was invited into the event by a rabbi.

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Burke said:

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Nobody is going to tell me that Ahmed Al-Ahmed is of the same religion as the gunman.

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He continued:

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When I visited him in hospital his explanation of what he did was very much about the hand of God, a story you could have heard from somebody of any faith. And I just think it’s important as we work through the horror, and the hatred and the evil, the unspeakable evil of those gunmen, we need to not lose what’s best about Australia and we don’t assign it on the way through to the wrong people.

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Burke said he wishes the government was “going harder” on hate speech than they are in the legislation being put forward tomorrow.

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In this moment Australia has a chance to respond more loudly than the evil of the terrorists and to simply say they don’t speak for us. Our voice is: you are welcome here forever, we will make it safe.

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Josh Burns, a Labor MP who is also Jewish, also stands up, and talks about the night of 14 December as the shooting began.

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He said his daughter was about to go to the same Hanukkah in the park festival in Melbourne.

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As he speaks, his baby daughter, who was just born at the end of December, coos. She’s with Burns’ partner and Victorian MP Georgie Purcell.

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Burns says he is proud of his Jewish community.

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We must not dehumanise each other because dehumanisation leads to exactly what happened in Bondi. Not every act of hate ends in violence, but every act of violence begins with hate …

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To every single Australian who has lit a candle, who has checked in on a Jewish community member, a friend, a colleague. I say thank you because how a country responds matters. To all of the victims and to my community, this is our home. This is our country.

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Allegra Spender, the member for Wentworth who represents the area of Bondi, speaks next.

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She says 14 December is one of the darkest days of modern Australia, and that our country, “will never be the same, nor should it be”.

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Spender names the 15 killed in the terror attack and says “people are not gone if we continue to say their names and remember them”. She calls on everyone, including MPs in the house, to focus on unity and social cohesion.

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People are angry now and rightly so but in [Rabbi Yehoram Ulman’s] words Australia must become a nation where kindness is louder than hate, where decency is stronger than fair.

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This was the most violent attack of hatred in modern Australia. And I do believe that we as a country can emerge more united, was steadfastly committed to our common values and our shared humanity than ever before. The stories from Bondi show us the way. The courage and the care of those Australians show us the way.

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This is what we owe those we have lost. This is how we honour their pleasant memories, and as Rabbi Ulman reminds us, this work is urgent. Let us not wait for tomorrow, let us start today.

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Ley says antisemitism has “festered” in Australia since the 7 October attack in Israel.

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Antisemitic hate fuelled the terrorists on 14 December but it came out of the shadows in October 2023. It walked our streets. It marched over our bridges. It took over our landmarks. It camped in universities, it painted graffiti on our buildings. It firebombed our places of worship. It sent children to school behind locked gates and armed guards. Like a slow creeping disease, it festered in plain sight.

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Jewish Australians do not feel safe and if Jewish Australians do not feel safe, then no Australian feels safe. You warned of this menacing storm and you said you felt unheard. The Coalition heard you. We must unite as a parliament to confront and defeat this evil. To do so, we must face uncomfortable truths. Radical Islamist extremism caused this.

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She ends on a similar note to the prime minister, saying Australia must strive to ensure the memories of those killed become a “blessing”.

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Anthony Albanese is moving a condolence motion for the victims of the Bondi attack, which the parliament will spend most of the day on.

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Albanese will speak first, followed by Sussan Ley, Richard Marles, David Littleproud, Mark Dreyfus and Julian Leeser. Dreyfus and Leeser are both Jewish MPs.

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The motion gives the parliament’s heartfelt condolences, condemns the atrocity, condemns the evil of antisemitism and vows action to eradicate it, honours the courage of first responders, acknowledges the long-lasting trauma, expresses admiration for the heroes of Bondi, affirms the right of Jewish Australians to live in peace and safety and stands together in the spirit of national unity.

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The house has a minute of silence before the PM begins:

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Fifteen innocent people for whom today should be just another Monday morning. Another day in this beautiful country they loved, in the embrace of the family and friends they adored. Another day in busy lives, reaching passion and purpose, defined by hard work and by humour. Another day devoted to others serving their community, nourishing their faith. Another day of school holidays. Instead, our parliament comes together in sorrow to offer our nation’s condolences to the people who knew and loved them best.

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The PM has also been riding the media train this morning, and spoke to KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O earlier.

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Asked about the latest Newspoll results showing One Nation’s primary vote rising above the Coalition’s – Anthony Albanese said it’s a “worry”.

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It’s a worry because they can appeal to grievance, but they’re a pretty divisive lot … I’m a believer in mainstream politics and that the parties of government, it’s important. Served this country pretty well. I look at overseas where you have a real fragmentation and, you know, you might have five or six parties in government and it’s unstable. Italy, of course, was famous for a while there, changing governments every year. And so, I mean, it’s a reality that the Coalition in particular have to deal with.

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The results showed One Nation’s primary vote increased to 22%, just ahead of the Coalition’s primary vote of 21%. Meanwhile the government had seen a slight tick down to a primary vote of 32%.

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Albanese is asked whether the government will join Donald Trump’s board of peace initiative, that would be used to progress the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

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The PM confirmed the invitation – which has been sent to other leaders including Canada and Turkey – arrived last night.

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But he won’t say whether Australia will join the board.

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I haven’t looked in detail yet … Something has come in, my understanding is overnight. And I’ll have a look at that when I’m in the office this morning. But I’m not going to respond to something that I haven’t had the opportunity to give proper consideration to.

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The 12-year-old boy bitten by a large shark at a popular Sydney harbour beach yesterday is in for the “fight of his life today” after suffering critical injuries to both of his legs, NSW police officials said.

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Superintendent Joe Mcnulty, the commander of NSW police marine area command, said emergency officials responded within minutes after receiving a triple zero call, saying the boy had been attacked by a shark at Nielsen Park around 4.21pm. He praised the quick work of the boy’s friends, all around the same age, including one who pulled him from the water.

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The actions of his mates who’ve gone into the water and pulled him out have been nothing but brave.

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Mcnulty added the conditions of the water in Sydney harbour, swollen with freshwater from days of heavy rain, had made it the “perfect storm environment” for a shark incident as much of the harbour is now brackish with bad visibility.

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The boy is now “fighting for his life”, Mcnulty added.

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The actions between police [and emergency officials] were extraordinary. It was a textbook recovery to give this boy a fighting chance for his survival. He’s in for the fight of his life today.

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New federal government figures show Australians own more than 4.1m firearms, with Queensland and NSW leading the nation for gun registration.

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The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, released the numbers ahead of parliament considering tough new rules and the creation of a buyback scheme in response to the Bondi Beach shootings. Labor has secured support from the Greens to pass legislation through parliament establishing the buyback program.

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About 260,000 licence holders in NSW own 1.15m guns, just ahead of Queensland’s 231,000 licence holders, who own a combined 1.14m. Victoria has 243,000 registered owners, and about 975,000 weapons.

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Burke said nationally consistent laws were needed:

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The deadly antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach is a national tragedy which can never be allowed to happen again. Our number one priority is keeping all Australians safe. That’s why we’re finishing the work of the Howard government and getting dangerous guns off our streets.

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Leaving politics for a moment, the new Sydney Fish Market has been officially opened by the premier of New South Wales in an early morning ribbon cutting ceremony that wasn’t dampened by the rain.

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At 7am, the market flung open its doors, with hundreds of people filing in to explore more than 40 shiny shopfronts in the new building offering everything from seafood to flowers, juices and artisan cheese.

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Chris Minns said it was a “huge moment for Sydney” and the broader seafood community.

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This is a long time coming … And while foodies will travel far and wide I think it’s really important that … whether you’re coming here for caviar or crab sticks … this place will have something for everybody.

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The chief executive of the Sydney Fish Market, Daniel Jarosch, said it was a “historic day”.

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Seafood is an essential part of our Australian life … central to our celebrations, our summers … seafood is woven into the Australian story.

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Jarosch said the market “belongs to the community” and would be the best, and largest, seafood market in the world.

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“Welcome to the new Sydney Fish Market,” he told a crowd to cheers.

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The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, says the hate speech laws – which the government has been forced to split – don’t do everything the government had initially intended. In splitting the bill, the government has dropped anti-vilification provisions that had no support from the Greens or the Coalition.

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Burke is also pushing for the Coalition to pass hate speech laws through, which he says the opposition had previously supported. He also points out that the Coalition had been pushing the government to recall parliament late last year.

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Certainly there’s parts of it that they had called for that they’re now not supporting. And I would find it bizarre if their original call to split the bill was so that they could oppose it twice. Like that would just be an extraordinary situation if that’s where all this goes. Everything they’ve been calling for says they should now be turning up and voting for it …

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They [the bills] don’t deliver everything that we wanted them to. That’s the simple fact. That’s what happens when part of the legislation is withdrawn.

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Staying on Marles, the deputy PM says he “welcomes” the invitation from Donald Trump for Australia to join the ‘board of peace’.

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But over whether Australia will join that board, Marles remains a little more coy.

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We welcome the invitation as we do all the efforts of the Trump administration to bring about peace in the Middle East. We need to see an end to the conflict there for humanitarian assistance to flow and for that part part of the world to be rebuilt. In terms of the specific request, we will talk that through with America to understand what this means and what is involved.

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Marles also won’t wade into commenting on the Trump administration’s attempt to buy Greenland following its moves to tariff European nations to exert pressure. He says the future of Greenland is a “matter for Denmark and Greenland”, but that the government does not support tariffs – a similar comment his colleague and cabinet minister, Katy Gallagher, made yesterday. Marles says:

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They are the sovereign powers. That is who Australia recognises. That is the fundamental issue here. In terms of tariffs, we don’t support tariffs and we have been consistent in our position with the United States about opposing tariffs. We won’t get into a running commentary about the relationship between the United States and Europe.

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You can read more about those tariffs here:

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Barnaby Joyce says One Nation has given Australians a “licence for an alternative” after a Newspoll, published by the Australian newspaper, showed support for the minor conservative party has risen to 22%, ahead of the Coalition’s primary vote of 21%.

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Labor’s primary vote has also dipped to 32%, down four points since last year.

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Speaking on Sunrise, Joyce – who defected to the party near the end of last year – said he was “humbled” by the support, and said it wasn’t an attack on Sussan Ley’s leadership of the Coalition.

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It’s never been an attack on Sussan’s leadership. I think that what One Nation has done has given people licence for an alternative … And when you’ve got to make a choice between political correctness or looking after Australians, we’ll look after Australians first.

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Joyce was joined by cabinet minister, Murray Watt, who said the results show “why you’re seeing so much division within the Coalition … it’s what’s drifting them further and further to the right”.

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Only Hungary, whose leader is a close Trump ally, gave an unequivocal acceptance in response to the invitations, which have been addressed to some 60 nations and began arriving in European capitals on Saturday, according to diplomats.

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As Lorenzo Tondo reports this morning, far-right ministers in Israel have attacked the White House’s picks for the panel – which includes representatives of Turkey and Qatar, both of which have been critical of Israel’s war in the strip:

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The board would be chaired for life by Trump and would start by addressing the Gaza conflict and then be expanded to deal with other conflicts, according to a copy of the letter and draft charter seen by Reuters.

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Member states would be limited to three-year terms unless they pay US$1bn each to fund the board’s activities and earn permanent membership, the letter states.

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A mandate for a Board of Peace was authorised by the UN security council in November, but only through 2027 and solely focused on the Gaza conflict. Russia and China, two veto wielding powers, abstained, complaining that the resolution did not give the UN a clear role in the future of Gaza.

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Good morning. Krishani Dhanji will be here shortly to take you through the day’s news as federal parliament is recalled for an urgent sitting in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

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After Anthony Albanese agreed to split draft laws, new gun control measures are set to pass with the support of the Greens.

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But as Tom McIlroy reported yesterday, Jewish leaders are urging a last-minute compromise to secure tough new hate speech laws – the most controversial elements on vilification and intimidation were on pause because of strong opposition from the left and right of politics.

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Let’s get started.

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Key events

Penry Buckley

The parents of 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest person killed in the Bondi massacre, have said they would like the footbridge used by the alleged gunmen to be saved and painted yellow in honour of the sundress their daughter wore on her final day.

In a sit-down interview with the ABC, their first since the terror attack, Matilda’s parents, Valentyna Poltavchenko and Michael Britvan, have warned against rushing new legislation through parliament in response to the attack, and thanked the woman who saved their younger daughter.

The future of the heritage-listed pedestrian footbridge has been placed on hold after a Waverley council meeting heard it was “really upsetting” that the matter had ignited such fierce public debate. The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has called for it to be torn down to prevent it from becoming a “ghoulish reminder” of the attack.

Matilda’s parents have suggested painting the bridge yellow and installing a plaque to commemorate the 15 victims of the attack, the ABC reported. Matilda’s mother said she did not want to see the bridge demolished.

Read the full story here:

Stephanie Convery

Rowland says parliament must emulate display of solidarity

The attorney general, Michelle Rowland, says the country must respond to the Bondi attacks “with strength, not partisanship.”

Speaking to today’s condolence motion in parliament, Rowland says the “collective unity” shown of people “from all walks of life” in the days since the attacks was “nothing short of extraordinary”.

Rowland, who is MP for Greenway in Sydney’s west, said:

It was particularly heartening to see the display of solidarity and outpouring of support from so many different religious and cultural leaders in north-west Sydney and, I’m sure, right around Australia. It’s this demonstration of the strength and solidarity that we must also emulate across this parliament.

Tony Burke says terrorists ‘don’t speak for us’

Stephanie Convery

Back to Canberra, where Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, opened his condolence motion with an anecdote about Ahmed al-Ahmed, who he says was at Bondi’s Hanukkah celebration because he had been looking for a coffee and was invited into the event by a rabbi.

Burke said:

Nobody is going to tell me that Ahmed Al-Ahmed is of the same religion as the gunman.

He continued:

When I visited him in hospital his explanation of what he did was very much about the hand of God, a story you could have heard from somebody of any faith. And I just think it’s important as we work through the horror, and the hatred and the evil, the unspeakable evil of those gunmen, we need to not lose what’s best about Australia and we don’t assign it on the way through to the wrong people.

Burke said he wishes the government was “going harder” on hate speech than they are in the legislation being put forward tomorrow.

In this moment Australia has a chance to respond more loudly than the evil of the terrorists and to simply say they don’t speak for us. Our voice is: you are welcome here forever, we will make it safe.

Andrew Messenger

Queensland premier says likely that more than 100,000 livestock lost to floods

More than 100,000 livestock have been lost to floods in north Queensland, according to premier, David Crisafulli.

The premier and the state’s agriculture minister, Tony Perrett, visited Julia Creek yesterday.

“I can update you today that we’ve now received 230 disaster impact surveys, and that has revealed 68,700 stock losses. There will be more to come,” Crisafulli said. He added there will not be a final estimate until people could return to their properties once the water resides:

I believe the figure is going to go well north of 100,000 and we’re going to see that continue to rise, and with that will come a massive impact. It’s not just the impact on the primary producer, both mentally and economically.

It’s also the town. Many of these smaller communities are underpinned by the primary production.

Bureau of Meteorology warnings are still active across north Queensland, including as far west as the Diamantina River. As of Sunday, power had been returned to all but 1,000 of 11,000 homes that had lost it, Crisafulli said.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Greens leader Larissa Waters: ‘We cannot ignore that fear and hate have been allowed to fester in our communities’

A condolence motion marking the Bondi massacre is also being debated in the Senate this morning.

In her speech, the Greens leader, Larissa Waters, said the “reprehensible act of antisemitic violence” committed on 14 December was “not who we are”.

Waters said:

Australia is a multicultural nation that is stronger because of our diversity not in spite of it. No one in Australia should fear practicing their religion or culture.

Every Australian should have the right to live, work, worship, learn in peace and in safety.

We cannot ignore that fear and hate have been allowed to fester in our communities and to spill over into tragedy.