Pictures in police documents showed the accused firing shotguns and moving in what authorities described as a “tactical manner”.

Australia's most populous state is set to pass tougher gun laws, ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests after the state parliament's lower house cleared a bill late on Monday in an emergency sitting following the Bondi mass shooting.

Police documents released on Monday (Dec 22) said the two had carried out "firearms training" in what was believed to be the New South Wales countryside prior to the shooting.

Australian police charged Naveed Akram with 59 offences, including terrorism, after he allegedly opened fire at a Jewish event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.