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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies and Penry Buckley

NSW passes controversial new gun and protest laws in wake of Bondi attacks after marathon debate

NSW Premier Chris Minns
The premier, Chris Minns. The NSW government has passed controversial changes to gun laws and new powers for police to ban street protests for up to three months. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The New South Wales government has passed controversial changes to gun laws and new powers for police to ban street protests for up to three months, after a marathon debate in the upper house.

The laws, which were drafted in response to the 14 December massacre at Sydney’s Bondi beach in which two gunmen fired on a Hanukah event, killing 15 people, were voted through at 2.51am on Wednesday.

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