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About 35,000 customers without electricity across Victoria, with energy companies working to safely restore power. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAttorney general says PM took ‘time to get this right’ before calling Bondi royal commissionMichelle Rowland, the attorney general, said the prime minister had taken “time to get this right” as the government prepared to call a federal royal commission after the Bondi terror attack.The prime minister and the government have listened to people, particularly the Australian Jewish community, and that listening has not been about politics, it’s about getting The right outcome for our national unity and our national security.This is an opportunity not only for voices to be heard in the form of a royal commission, but also to take recommendations forward and also to continue the important work that the government has been doing in the last four weeks or so to ensure that our response to this prior...