Australia announces gun buyback after Bondi tragedyAFP, SYDNEYAustralia would use a sweeping buyback scheme to “get guns off our streets,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday, as hundreds plunged into the ocean to honor Bondi Beach shooting victims. People paddle and swim together at Bondi Beach in Sydney yesterday as they participate in a tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting attack last week. Australia would pay gun owners to surrender “surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms.”It would be the largest gun buyback since 1996, when Australia cracked down on firearms in the wake of a shooting that killed 35 people at Port Arthur. Police said there was no established link with the alleged Bondi gunmen and “no immediate safety risk to the community.”Many hundreds yesterday returned to the ocean off Bondi Beach in another gesture to honor the dead. Bondi locals Boris and Sofia Gurman were among the first killed as they tried to wrestle Sajid Akram to the ground.

Source: Taipei Times December 19, 2025 17:26 UTC