SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a licensing system ...

New South Wales is moving to enact some of Australia’s toughest gun control laws after the deadly terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Other states are expected to follow, while the federal ...

A woman stands before a flower tribute at Bondi Beach, December 16, 2025, following Sunday’s mass shooting in Sydney, Australia. Credit: Mark Baker/AP Photo Back in 1996, Australia suffered what was ...

SYDNEY, Dec 19 (Reuters) - When a gunman murdered 35 people in Tasmania in 1996, Australia's political leaders united to implement some of the West's toughest gun laws. Nearly three decades later, ...

The country’s stringent rules are often lauded as a model policy by proponents of gun control in the United States. By Amelia Nierenberg and Jin Yu Young Mass shootings are rare in Australia, which ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Australian gun control advocate Rebecca Peters about the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shooting and gun control in Australia. For more on the aftermath of the shooting at ...

The country has long looked warily at the cycle of gun violence in the United States, where meaningful changes in policy have been rare. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia For decades, ...

Australia is debating reforms to its gun laws—already among the strictest in the world—after Sunday's deadly mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach. The elder of the father-son shooting suspects had a ...

The Australian Parliament passed a package of new gun control and expanded hate crime legislation on Tuesday, seen as measures to combat antisemitism, extremism and gun violence following last month’s ...

Gun control Australia spokesperson Piers Grove spoke on the current regulation of gun laws in Australia. “I think as Australians we have a lot to be proud of about our history of gun control and ...