{"id":856487,"date":"2026-08-15T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856487\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:38:12","slug":"australias-biggest-gun-buyback-in-decades-to-launch-in-nsw-after-funding-deal-with-federal-government-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856487\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s biggest gun buyback in decades to launch in NSW after funding deal with federal government | Gun control"},"content":{"rendered":"

New South Wales will become the first state to commence Australia\u2019s biggest gun buyback in 30 years, with the state and federal governments agreeing to share the costs of the scheme in response to the Bondi beach terror attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anthony Albanese and the Minns government said the buyback would begin in two phases from 2 November, with costs evenly split between the state and the commonwealth.<\/p>\n

Under the first phase of the scheme, $1,000 will be paid for revolvers and $850 for semi-automatic handguns. Compensation of $850 will be paid for double-barrel shotguns and $650 for those with a single barrel.<\/p>\n

Between $650 and $1,000 will be paid for rifles, while air rifles have a fixed compensation of $450.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must do everything we can to make sure the antisemitic terrorist attack in Bondi doesn\u2019t happen again. That includes meaningful nationwide gun reform,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank the New South Wales<\/a> government for their collaboration as we work to take guns off our streets in order to better protect Australians.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The federal and NSW governments said phase 2 of the scheme would begin in early 2027, and provide \u201ca pathway to compensation\u201d for \u201celigible higher-value firearms with an indicative market value above $3,000, capped at $10,000 per firearm\u201d.<\/p>\n

The federal government had announced the creation of the buyback scheme<\/a> in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack at Sydney\u2019s Bondi beach on 14 December 2025, in which two gunmen allegedly killed 15 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NSW also tightened the state\u2019s gun laws<\/a> in response to the shooting. The new laws restrict the number of guns an individual can own to four, with exceptions for farmers and professional shooters, who are restricted to 10.<\/p>\n

The laws also reclassified some weapons, including banning firearms that allow multiple shots without reloading.<\/p>\n

NSW police will administer the state\u2019s buyback, which will compensate individuals for surrendering firearms that exceed the new ownership limits or which have been reclassified.<\/p>\n

The buyback scheme will also provide financial assistance for businesses and industry to adjust to the reforms.<\/p>\n

A government spokesperson said the commonwealth would contribute 50% for administration costs, and fully fund the destruction costs for surrendered firearms and administration.<\/p>\n

Phase 1 of the scheme would also include an \u201cinitial industry support package\u201d for businesses and dealers, including grants of up to $25,000 and one-off licence fee relief \u201cworth $500 over two years per dealer\u201d.<\/p>\n

Phase 2 would also include further industry support with specific details to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter Bondi, we promised the people of New South Wales we would introduce the toughest gun laws in the country, and that\u2019s exactly what we did,\u201d said the state\u2019s premier, Chris Minns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next step is getting the guns that are no longer permitted under those laws out of circulation and permanently off our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NSW government estimates up to 274,000 registered firearms \u2013 approximately 24% of the total number of registered guns in the state \u2013 will be affected by the new limits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are potentially hundreds of thousands of firearms affected by these changes. We want those guns handed in, compensated for and safely destroyed,\u201d Minns said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big undertaking, but the principle behind it is simple: fewer dangerous guns in our community means a safer New South Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NSW counter-terrorism minister, Yasmin Catley, said the state\u2019s police force would be \u201coverseeing a significant logistics exercise in public safety\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ask affected firearms licence holders to be patient. Everyone affected by the new laws in NSW will have the opportunity to participate in the buyback scheme,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The move comes after the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion<\/a> recommended<\/a> that governments \u201cprioritise efforts to finalise and implement an updated and nationally consistent national firearms agreement and the proposed buyback scheme\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New South Wales will become the first state to commence Australia\u2019s biggest gun buyback in 30 years, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-856487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}