Federal, state and territory governments have agreed to the biggest overhaul of Australia’s gun laws since the Howard government’s post-Port Arthur reforms, in a response to the Bondi massacre that has claimed the lives of 15 victims so far and one of the perpetrators.
After a late Monday afternoon meeting of national cabinet, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the leaders had commissioned police ministers and attorneys-general to develop options for extensive changes. These include:
accelerating work on standing up the National Firearms Register
allowing for additional use of criminal intelligence to underpin firearms licensing that can be used in administrative licensing regimes
limiting the number of firearms to be held by any one individual
limiting open-ended firearms licensing and the types of guns that are legal, including modifications and,
a condition of a firearm license is holding Australian citizenship.
