Australian Gun Control

Australia toughens its gun laws

Australia Passes Tighter Gun Control Laws, Weeks After Bondi Massacre

Australia on Tuesday passed new laws that implement a national gun buyback, limit imports of firearms and tighten background checks, swiftly adopting tougher gun control measures after a mass shooting...

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Australia passes tougher laws on guns, hate crimes after Bondi shooting

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Australia tackles hate speech, toughens gun laws after Bondi

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What you need to know about Australia’s new firearms and hate laws

Australia’s federal parliament has passed landmark changes to firearms and hate speech laws, here’s what you need to know.

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Albanese thanks public servants, community for helping change laws post-Bondi

“We said we wanted to deal with [hate speech and gun law reform] with urgency and with unity, and we acted to deliver both. And there’s been advances on both,” the PM said.

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Australia’s Parliament passes gun laws, debates anti-hate speech bill after Bondi Beach shooting

Australia prepares to enact stricter gun control laws, including a national buyback and enhanced background checks after the Bondi mass shooting.

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Australian gun control advocate talks about Bondi Beach shooting and gun control laws

For more on the aftermath of the shooting at Bondi Beach, we've called Rebecca Peters. She led the successful movement for gun reform in Australia after a mass shooting there in 1996 and has been thinking about what other policies the country may now consider.