Aussie MP warns of copycat event after Japanese PM's assassination

The former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while giving a speech in the city of Nara, Japan.

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- These are really good questions that should go to the commissioner of the Australian federal police because they are-- that's the organization, the agency that has responsibility for keeping members of parliament and senators safe. So I think we need to revisit that because, quite frankly-- and I hate to say this-- it is but a matter of time until we experience such an assassination attempt in Australia.

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