Albanese: Canberra to join Australia’s gun buy-back program after Bondi attack

Australia’s capital will join a gun buy-back ⁠as part of ⁠a response to a ⁠shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday. Albanese’s centre-left government enacted laws in January for the gun buy-back, tighter checks for gun ‌licences and a crackdown on hate in the wake of the December 14 gun attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. The state, Australia’s most populous, became the...

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Australia’s capital to join gun buyback after deadly Bondi Beach attack, Albanese says

⁠Australia's most populous state, NSW, was the first to commit to the plan

By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Australia's capital to join gun buyback in response to Bondi Beach attack, Albanese says - The Straits Times

Australia's capital to join gun buyback in response to Bondi Beach attack, Albanese says  The Straits Times

Australia's capital to join gun buyback in response to Bondi Beach attack

The Australian Capital Territory has 23,000 guns and more than 7,000 firearms licence holders, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.