By Alasdair Pal and Cordelia Hsu

SYDNEY (Reuters) -At a candle-lit vigil in a park in the centre of Sydney on Friday, Australian supporters of Charlie Kirk said his death would galvanise the conservative activist’s message in the country.

Kirk, a 31-year-old author, podcast host and close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was shot dead on Wednesday as he gave a talk at a university in Utah in what Trump called a “heinous assassination.”

His Turning Point USA activist group advocating for right-wing causes has spawned a number of international offshoots, including in Australia, where supporters gathered to mourn Kirk on Friday, lighting candles and singing hymns at a sunset service.

Australia elected the centre-left Labor Party by a resounding margin at nationwide polls in May, thoug

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