The alleged Bondi gunman has lost a court bid to suppress the names and addresses of his mother, brother, and sister. Naveed Akram, facing 59 charges over December's attack on a Jewish festival that killed 15 people, argued his family could be targeted by vigilantes and had already experienced abuse.
Judge Hugh Donnelly ruled the case had attracted unprecedented attention globally, and the information was already widely available online. He said a suppression order lasting 40 years did not meet the threshold for exceptional circumstances and would have limited impact within Australia. Akram appeared via video link from a high-security prison. His mother had previously stated the family lives in constant fear.