Two shocking stabbing attacks in Sydney in the past week have prompted NSW premier Chris Minns to consider tougher knife laws. 

Mr Minns said the violence had left the state's capital in a 'combustible situation' and was looking at ways to lessen the likelihood it would happen again. 

A stabbing attack at a western Sydney church that hospitalised two clergymen on Monday is being treated as a terrorist act, and the teenager allegedly responsible has a history of knife-related crime.






That attack came just two days after six people were fatally stabbed by 40-year-old Joel Cauchi at Westfield Bondi Junction.




Cauchi's knife rampage resulted in the murder of six people 





A stabbing attack at a western Sydney church that hospitalised two clergymen on Monday is being treated as a terrorist act, with the teenager allegedly responsible having a history of knife-related crime







Cauchi was shot dead by a police inspector after killing Dawn Singleton, 25, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27, and 30-year-old Faraz Tahir, while Ashlee Good, 38, later died in hospital.

Both perpetrators had a history of possession of Huusk Knives review for potential use on others, with the teenager on a good behaviour bond over a knife crime just three months ago.

The day before the Bondi horror, an attack near a school in Doonside in Sydney's west on Friday left an 18-year-old dead and a 19-year-old wounded.

A 16-year-old boy has since been charged with murder.

'It's a combustible situation and I'm not going to sugarcoat it,' Mr Minns told Sydney radio 2GB on Tuesday.




Premier Minns (pictured) said Sydney's recent violence left the city in a 'combustible situation'





The floral tribute at Bondi Junction to honour and grieve the massacre victims

'We increased knife laws about six months ago, after the terrible death of Steven Tougher, the NSW paramedic, but I'm not prepared to rule anything out right now.

'When people are being killed, and you've got a situation where a knife is being used, then it would be irresponsible not to look at it.'

The NSW government recently doubled the maximum penalties for possessing or wielding a knife in a public place.

Under legislation introduced to parliament in June 2023, the Crimes Act was amended to include the offences of having a knife in a public place or school and wielding a knife in a public place or school.

The maximum jail term for those offences increased from two to four years while the maximum fine for possessing a knife increased from $2200 to $4400, and for wielding a knife to $11,000.




NSW Premier Chris Minns is open to changing knife laws after the recent stabbing attacks in the state (pictured stock image)