Malcolm Turnbull picks up phone to Muslim leaders after Parramatta shooting

By Nicole Hasham, Rachel Olding
Updated October 4 2015 - 8:08pm, first published 7:46pm
Conciliatory: Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew Meares
Conciliatory: Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew Meares
High school student Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar aims his gun at a police officer. Photo: Screen grab: 7 news
High school student Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar aims his gun at a police officer. Photo: Screen grab: 7 news
Muslim families are Australia's "front line of defence" against radicalised young people, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Photo: Andrew Meares
Muslim families are Australia's "front line of defence" against radicalised young people, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Photo: Andrew Meares

Muslim families are Australia's "front line of defence" against radicalised young people, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says, as the federal government departs from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's more blunt language towards the Muslim community.