NSW launches gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi terror attack

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How it spread - 28 original reports, 5 reprints

1. Sat, 15 August 2026

   4 reports
   • ABC News (Australia)12:34
     NSW launches gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi terror attack

     New South Wales will become the first state to begin a gun buyback scheme promised in the wake of the Bondi massacre, with shooters to be compensated up to $10,000 per firearm.

   • Channel News Asia13:18
     Australian state to start gun buyback spurred by Bondi attack
   • Der Spiegel (Germany)16:50
     Australien: New South Wales startet Waffenrückkauf nach Bondi-Beach-Attentat

     Nach dem antisemitischen Angriff bei einer Chanukka-Feier sollen Besitzer neu verbotener Pistolen und Gewehre ihre Waffen gegen Entschädigung abgeben. Andere australische Bundesstaaten könnten folgen.

   • BBC News World21:41
     Australian state to launch gun buyback after Bondi Beach attack

     New South Wales, where the attack took place, will offer gun owners cash to give up their firearms.

2. Sun, 16 August 2026

   6 reports
   • cootamundraherald.com.au00:15
     Deal agreed on post-Bondi attack gun buyback scheme

     URL changednow www.cootamundraherald.com.au/story/9330954/beleaguered-gun-buyback-costly-inaction-costlier-pm/

     The federal and NSW governments have reached a deal on a gun buyback scheme for the state following...

     3 reprints

     • greatlakesadvocate.com.au16 Aug, 05:33their copy
     • juneesoutherncross.com.au16 Aug, 05:33their copy
     • northweststar.com.au16 Aug, 05:33their copy
   • ABC News (Australia)00:36
     Premier says gun buyback 'a price worth paying', will fight for it at the ballot

     The premier and prime minister have heralded the move as "taking guns off the street" in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack last year.

   • northweststar.com.au02:43first to report
     Beleaguered gun buyback costly, inaction costlier: PM

     A state leader is prepared to fight an election on his decision to sign up to the federal...

     1 reprint

     • greatlakesadvocate.com.au16 Aug, 02:43their copy
   • Al Jazeera English04:35
     Australia gun buyback spurred by Bondi attack to start in November, PM says

     Australia introduced measures to reduce gun ownership following a deadly attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach last year.

   • Al Jazeera English08:11
     Australia to begin gun buyback scheme in response to Bondi shooting

     Australia will begin buying back guns in November, almost a year after a shooting at Sydney's Bondi killed 15 people.

   • Die Zeit (Germany)10:14edited after publishing
     Schusswaffenrückkauf in Australien: New South Wales kündigt nach Bondi-Anschlag Schusswaffenrückkauf an

     previouslySchusswaffen-Rückkauf in Australien: New South Wales kündigt nach Bondi-Anschlag Schusswaffenrückkauf an

     URL changednow www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2026-08/schusswaffen-rueckkauf-australien-bondi-beach-anschlag-gesetze-gxe

     Nach dem antisemitischen Anschlag in Sydney können inzwischen verbotene Pistolen und Gewehre gegen Geld abgegeben werden. Die Maßnahme gilt zunächst in New South Wales.

3. Mon, 17 August 2026

   2 reports
   • katherinetimes.com.au00:38
     Shooters want gun-free zone in Victorian election

     URL changednow www.katherinetimes.com.au/story/9331303/another-state-shoots-down-funding-national-gun-buyback/

     Victorian shooters see Anthony Albanese's national guns buyback as a "political" response to the Bondi terror attack, urging...

   • ABC News (Australia)07:43
     Anger in the bush as NSW gun buyback scheme labelled 'like stealing'

     Farmers, sporting shooters and gun sellers are all reacting angrily to the NSW government's buyback scheme, with some saying the compensation being offered is "like stealing".

4. Tue, 18 August 2026

   1 report
   • ABC News (Australia)19:11
     What we do and don't know about guns in Australia

     Gun control researchers say we have "no idea" how many black market and 3D-printed weapons are out there.

5. Thu, 20 August 2026

   2 reports
   • ABC News (Australia)08:18
     Proposed gun reforms 'betrayal of Tasmanians', critics say

     Tasmania's government says its proposed gun reform legislation strikes the right balance and will result in a significant uplift in community safety — but critics say the laws are a "betrayal" and won't make Tasmania safer.

   • oberonreview.com.au19:30
     'We're like mushrooms in the dark': Western NSW gun shops' fight for survival

     Inside the human cost of major shifts in the state's firearm laws.

6. Fri, 21 August 2026

   1 report
   • ABC News (Australia)12:34
     Federal government to fund majority of ACT gun buyback scheme

     The ACT government committed to being part of a national gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, but until now it has remained in negotiation with the federal government over how it would be funded.

7. Sat, 22 August 2026

   2 reports
   • Channel News Asia01:39
     Australia's capital to join gun buyback in response to Bondi Beach attack

     The Australian Capital Territory has 23,000 guns and more than 7,000 firearms licence holders, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

   • South China Morning Post09:36
     Albanese: Canberra to join Australia’s gun buy-back programme after Bondi attack

     Australia’s capital will join a gun buy-back ⁠as part of ⁠a response to a ⁠shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday. Albanese’s centre-left government enacted laws in January for the gun buy-back, 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 Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. The state, Australia’s most populous, became the...

8. Wed, 26 August 2026

   2 reports
   • muswellbrookchronicle.com.au07:30
     Gun licenses limited to citizens in firearms overhaul

     State and territory leaders have signed on to the first overhaul of national firearm rules in almost a...

   • grenfellrecord.com.au16:00
     Firearm reform in focus as buybacks announced

     Member for Cootamundra has met with the President of Shooters Union Australia as buybacks announced

9. Fri, 28 August 2026

   1 report
   • sconeadvocate.com.au05:35
     State gun ownership cap on the cards, if numbers align

     A state is expected to soon debate a proposal to restrict the number of guns a person can...

     1 reprint

     • queanbeyanage.com.au28 Aug, 05:35their copy
10. Mon, 31 August 2026

    1 report
    • northerndailyleader.com.au22:39
      Local MP calls for scrapping of new gun laws

      "The Minns Labor Government's firearms buyback is not just flawed, it is fundamentally aimed at the wrong people."

11. Tue, 8 September 2026

    1 report
    • ABC News (Australia)09:12edited after publishing
      Gun law reform in Tasmania on knife's edge with independent holding casting vote

      Proposed reforms to Tasmania's gun laws sit on a knife's edge, with one independent MP likely to hold the casting vote when debate resumes on Thursday.

12. Thu, 10 September 2026

    2 reports
    • ABC News (Australia)08:53edited after publishing
      No cap on gun ownership in Tasmania after Labor amendment fails

      previouslyNo limit on gun ownership in Tasmania after amendment fails

      There will not be a cap on the number of guns a person can own in Tasmania, after the lower house voted not to amend the state government's firearms reform legislation.

    • bearingarms.com20:31
      At Least Some Elected Officials in Australia Have Some Sense

      Tasmania rejects gun ownership caps, balancing gun rights with practical needs post-Bondi attack.

13. Sat, 19 September 2026

    2 reports
    • ABC News (Australia)03:03
      NSW Liberals pledge to scrap gun buyback amid election countdown

      The New South Wales Liberals have pledged to freeze the state's buyback of guns and scrap ownership limits for farmers, if elected next year.

    • begadistrictnews.com.au17:30
      Gun debate fires up with reload on buyback pushback

      A state opposition proposal to halt a buyback scheme and review firearm restrictions has reignited the post-Bondi terror...

14. Wed, 23 September 2026

    1 report
    • ABC News (Australia)06:58
      'We've done nothing wrong': Firearms shop's gun laws plea after $800k loss

      Family-run firearms businesses say they are copping the brunt of the Minns government's post-Bondi gun laws, with some forced to sell their homes and dip into their retirement nest eggs.