Canberra to join Australia gun buyback after Bondi attack

Australia's capital will join a gun buyback as part of a response to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today.

⁠Australia's most populous state, NSW, was the first to commit to the plan

Australia’s capital will join a gun buy-back ⁠as part of ⁠a response to a ⁠shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday. Albanese’s centre-left government enacted laws in January for the gun buy-back, tighter checks for gun ‌licences and a crackdown on h

The Australian Capital Territory has 23,000 guns and more than 7,000 firearms licence holders, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.