Overview
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese outlined a nationwide buyback targeting newly banned, surplus and illegal firearms, with costs split between federal and state governments.
- Planned reforms include caps on how many guns an individual can own, tighter limits on open‑ended licences, stricter controls on weapon types, a citizenship requirement for licences and a fast‑tracked national firearms register.
- About 1,000 surf lifesavers resumed patrols at Bondi Beach after a beachside tribute, as synagogues and mosques operated under heightened security across Sydney.
- Counterterrorism officers intercepted two cars and detained seven men near Liverpool; only a knife was found, and officials say Bondi was among locations they might have visited without evidence of intent.
- Naveed Akram, 24, remains under guard in hospital charged with 59 offences including 15 counts of murder and a terrorist act; investigators say the attack was inspired by Islamic State and are probing the pair’s November travel to the southern Philippines.