Overview
- The prime minister's deadline for national gun reforms has passed with only four jurisdictions backing a buyback.
- Parliament approved funding for the scheme, yet Queensland and the Northern Territory refused to join and argued the plan would not target terrorists or criminals.
- New South Wales adopted a cap of four firearms per licence with an allowance of up to ten for primary producers.
- Western Australia completed a separate buyback that took in more than 83,000 firearms for $64.3 million, and Tasmania is running its own program as the ACT signs on.
- Victoria and South Australia have not committed, and the federal aim for laws in place by July 1 faces disagreement over costs and policy scope.