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Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme

Australia will see the biggest gun buyback since the 1990s, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national scheme on Friday.

The Conversation · Dec 19, 2025

NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack

Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025

Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack

Prime minister announces first firearm buyback since Port Arthur massacre, and designates Sunday a national day of reflection in honour of Hanukah shooting victims

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025

Albanese not invited to rabbi’s funeral, as Frydenberg calls for ban on ‘hate preachers’

In a stark reminder of the strong Jewish backlash against the prime minister, Anthony Albanese was not invited to attend the Wednesday funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, among the first of the Bondi massacre victims to be farewelled.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2025

Police officer shot in Bondi attack loses sight in one eye, as questions persist over security at Hanukah celebration

Josh Frydenberg says three police patrolling the event were ‘ill-equipped’ to protect citizens, but NSW premier again defends response

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2025

Frydenberg claims Albanese should accept ‘personal responsibility’ for Bondi attacks in escalation of rhetoric

PM condemns ‘perversion of Islam’ that police allege may be behind the attack

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2025

Afternoon Update: Bondi gunman charged with murder and terrorism; 13th victim named; and Khawaja falls short of Ashes ton

Naveed Akram has been charged with 59 offences, including committing a terrorist act and 15 counts of murder

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2025

Until recently, Chris Minns courted the Shooters party. Now he wants tougher gun laws

The NSW premier’s reforms could allow police to reject a firearms licence if intelligence agencies think a person poses a security risk

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2025

Rabbi Eli Schlanger remembered as ‘a great leader’ at first funeral for victims of Bondi terror attack

Service to farewell father of five at Chabad of Bondi, where he was assistant rabbi, was attended by friends, family, Jewish community and politicians

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2025

Millions are pledged to a Syrian Australian man who stopped a gunman and became a national hero

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian tobacco shop owner, has become a national hero in Australia, with an online fundraiser for him raising millions of dollars

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025