Tasmania’s police minister unreservedly apologises after Port Arthur survivor labels his comments ‘hurtful’
Tasmania’s Police Minister Felix Ellis has apologised for comments he made during budget estimates hearings this week about…
NSW coroner calls for new gun laws after deaths of Wayne and Noah Smith
The NSW Coroner has recommended doctors be legally obliged to alert police with concerns about patients who hold…
WA government calls for unity on firearm reforms as Liberal-led states reject national gun buyback
The state government responsible for Australia’s toughest gun laws has called for unity on national reform, as the…
Queensland government will refuse to support federal gun buyback legislation, ABC understands
The Queensland government will not be participating in the federal government’s proposed gun buyback scheme, the ABC understands.…
Record-high firearms shows Australia needs gun buyback, Labor says
A record number of firearms in Australia shows the country needs to tighten gun laws, the Albanese government…
NT government rejects Albanese’s national gun buyback scheme over co-funding proposal
The Northern Territory government has rejected the Commonwealth’s proposed national gun buyback scheme, saying the territory should not…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recalls parliament to introduce hate speech and gun laws
Anthony Albanese has recalled parliament early to deal with sweeping hate speech and gun laws in the wake…
Calls for gun law reform clash with gun lobby resistance
It was an email from a suburban Sydney gun shop that Tracey said made her “furious”. “As you…
NT Firearms Council pushes back on gun control debate after Bondi shooting
The Northern Territory Firearms Council is pushing back against calls for urgent changes to gun laws, saying there…
John Howard calls push to tighten gun laws in wake of Bondi attack an ‘attempted diversion’
Former prime minister John Howard, whose reforms to gun laws in the wake of the 1996 Port Arthur…
What you need to know about the Bondi Beach terror attack in Australia
Fifteen people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl, with more than 40 injured, when a father and son…
More than 100 guns seized in WA Police raids targeting ‘sovereign citizens’
More than 100 firearms have been seized in a raid targeted at so-called sovereign citizens across Western Australia,…