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Australia gun buyback to start in November

By Sohail Khan 16 August 2026, 8:01 am

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Australia gun buyback to start in November, PM Albanese says

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New South Wales will begin a gun buyback program in November. This initiative follows a shooting spree that tragically killed fifteen people. Australians are proud of their gun laws, but firearms numbers are increasing. The buyback aims to be the nation's largest since 1996. Individuals returning firearms can receive up to one thousand Australian dollars.

Australia gun buyback to start in November, PM Albanese says — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks on following a press conference in Sydney, Australia

SYDNEY – Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national response to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital.

Albanese's centre-left government enacted laws in January for the ‌gun buyback, ⁠tighter ⁠checks for gun licences and a crackdown on hate in the wake of the December 14 gun attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration in Australia's most populous city.

The alleged gunmen used powerful firearms that were legally obtained. Australia had a record 4.1 million firearms last year, the government has said, with more than 1.1 million ⁠of those ‌in New South Wales, its most populous state.

"Australians are quite rightly proud of our gun laws, but the ‌fact is there are more guns in Australia today than there were at the time of dealing with the Port Arthur gun buyback," Albanese ⁠said in televised remarks.

New South Wales now limits individuals to possession of four guns under its own reforms prompted by the Bondi Beach attack, which police say was carried out a father and son who police believe were inspired by the militant group Islamic State. The surviving suspect, Naveed Akram, 24, is yet to enter pleas to a raft of charges, including 15 counts of murder.

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