German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced her support of a burqa ban in schools, courts and state buildings, saying the ban should be enforced “wherever it is legally possible”.
New South Wales attorney general, Brad Hazzard, has requested that the victims of the Sydney siege receive terrorism compensation, as Australian victims would if the incident occurred overseas. Australians who are injured, or relatives of people who have died, in an overseas terrorism attack can claim compensation of up to $75,000 under federal law. To be…