Overview
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the federally backed scheme will target surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms in the largest buyback since 1996, with costs shared by states and territories.
- National leaders also agreed to tighter controls, including limits on how many guns a person can own, stricter licensing, work to fast‑track a national firearms register, and a proposal to make citizenship a requirement for a licence.
- Police detained seven men in Sydney’s south‑west after a tip about a possible violent act, found a knife but no guns, and said there is no confirmed link to the Bondi shooters though similar extremist ideologies are suspected.
- Authorities say the attack appears inspired by Islamic State, whose channels praised the shooting without claiming responsibility, as patrols were increased around synagogues, mosques and key sites.
- Naveed Akram, 24, has been charged with 59 offences including 15 counts of murder and a terrorist act after the father‑and‑son shooting, as Bondi held a large paddle‑out tribute and the government set Sunday as a national day of reflection.