Police and a bomb squad were forced to descend on Bondi after receiving reports of a man behaving suspiciously near the site of the massacre that left 15 dead last month.
The individual was first reported at 10.10pm local time on Sunday evening.
After police arrived on Oxford Street at Bondi Junction, they allegedly discovered the man wearing a vest with several items duct-taped to it.
The individual, said to be a 33-year-old man from Victoria, was detained as officers carried out a search of his car.
Police said they discovered a second vest, a face mask and a tin, which allegedly contained illegal substances inside.
A later investigation by the Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit determined that the two vests did not pose any danger to the public.
The 33-year-old was subsequently charged with giving false information that a person or property is in danger, possessing prohibited drugs and behaving in offensive manner in or near public place or school.
After his arrest, he was denied bail.
Police and a bomb squad were forced to descend on Bondi
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The Victorian man is set to appear in court on Monday.
The incident came on the same day as the final daily vigil held at Bondi for victims of the massacre, which targeted Jewish people attending a Hannukah event on the world-famous beach.
The daily events were hosted in accordance with “shloshim”, the Jewish tradition of a 30-day mourning period.
Crowds stood in wet conditions and paid tribute to the Bondi terror attack's youngest victim, Matilda, who died aged just 10.
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The girl's family were in attendance at the event, and described their daughter as a “typical 10-year-old girl who loved to laugh, dance, and sing”.
Mourners sang paid their respects by singing Australia's "unofficial national anthem", Waltzing Matilda.
Rabbi Yossi Friedman has organised three vigils every day since the attack occurred and has frequently referenced the dead as heroes instead of victims in speeches.
He says he did this because “many of them did not die running away from the bullets, but actually running towards the bullets and covering others".
The incident came on the same day as the final daily vigil held at Bondi for victims of the massacre
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Mr Friedman said: “I don’t call them victims, because they didn’t die helpless.
"They were heroes - beacons and ambassadors of light.
"That is how each and every one of them lived their lives."
On Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally ordered a federal Royal Commission that will examine the circumstances which led up to Australia's worst massacre in more than three decades.
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