One week since terror descended on the shores of Bondi Beach, Australians will remember the 15 lives lost in a national day of mourning.
Flags will fly at half-mast and buildings will be lit in yellow as the nation stands in solidarity with the Jewish community today 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, opened fire on a crowd of Jewish faithful gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at Bondi Beach.
In a matter of minutes the pair, believed to have undergone terrorist training overseas, unleashed a hail of more than 100 bullets into the terrified gathering.
When their weapons eventually fell silent, the stench of gunpowder hung heavy over Australia's most famous beach.
Their victims, who laid dead or dying, 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 Elkaya, 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.
As Australians mourn the victims, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged the anti-Semitic terrorists will 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 (local time, 8.47pm NZT).
"[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 under way but will not go ahead until the new year.
Come Monday, the NSW government will rush new laws through parliament to ban hateful symbols, including flags of al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic State, from being displayed in the streets or at home.
Police will also get greater powers to compel people suspected of committing an offence during public events to remove face coverings.
Hateful slogans, which Premier Chris Minns said included the chant "globalise the intifada", would also be banned.
He and federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley threw 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," Mr 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.
Hundreds of volunteers stood hand-in-hand with Bondi's world-famous lifeguards on Saturday, lining almost the kilometre-long shoreline in red and yellow, punctuated by the lifeguards in blue in silent tribute.
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