One week since terror descended on the shores of Bondi Beach, Australians will remember the 15 lives lost in a national day of reflection.
Flags will fly at half-mast and buildings will be lit in yellow as the nation stands in solidarity with the Jewish community on Sunday before a formal, public service for victims and survivors.
Lights will beam into the sky above Bondi Pavilion, where thousands of flowers and tributes have been laid since the tragedy.
Fifteen people were killed when Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed, 24, allegedly opened fire on a crowd of Jewish faithful gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at Bondi Beach.
Their victims included 10-year-old Matilda, elderly Holocaust survivors Alexander Kleytman and Marika Pogany, and rabbis Yaakov Levitan and Eli Schlanger.
Also killed were Frenchman Dan Elkayam, 50-year-old Adam Smyth, 61-year-old Peter Meagher, Reuven Morrison, 62, Tibor Weitzen, 78, and five others.
The elder Akram was shot dead by police.
Minute's silence to be observed across country
As Australians mourn the victims, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged the antisemitic attack would not divide the nation.
People are being asked to light a candle and place it in their front window, before observing a minute's silence at 6.47pm AEDT.
"(It's) 60 seconds carved out from the noise of daily life, dedicated to the 15 Australians who should be with us today," Albanese said.
"It will be a significant event for our nation."
Planning for a formal, public service for victims and survivors is underway, but will not go ahead until the new year.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for a minute's silence to be observed across the country at 6.47pm AEDT. Source: AAP / Dominic Giannini
Police will also get greater powers to compel people suspected of committing an offence during public events to remove face coverings.
Some slogans, which NSW Premier Chris Minns said included the chant "globalise the intifada", would also be banned.
Intifada is an Arabic word that refers to uprising or shaking off, and is used to refer to two periods of Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation.
Some pro-Palestinian activists say they use the phrase to call for international solidarity and protest. Many Jewish groups say it encourages violence against Jews.
No federal or state law enforcement agency has provided any evidence to the public that the alleged gunmen were motivated by pro-Palestinian beliefs.
Minns and federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley have thrown their support behind a royal commission to understand how the terrorist attack happened and ensure it never happens again.
"We've got bits and pieces of the jigsaw puzzle here, but we don't have the full picture," Minns said on Saturday.
Albanese said while he would have more to say about a public inquiry later, he would stand behind any decisions made by the NSW government.
Lifesavers lined Bondi Beach to pay respects to the victim of last Sunday's terror attack. Source: AAP / Bianca De Marchi
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