Queensland rejects key Bondi report recommendation as Albanese’s gun buyback flounders

By: Tom McIlroy · Josh Butler and Penry Buckley

30 April 2026 at 15:00

State’s police minister says buyback ‘doesn’t focus on keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists and criminals’, leaving NSW only clear supporter of plan

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Queensland has rejected key recommendations from the Bondi royal commission’s interim report, insisting plans for a national gun buyback will not keep weapons “out of the hands of terrorists and criminals”.

The report, handed down by commissioner Virginia Bell on Thursday, raised doubts about whether efforts to establish a national gun register after the 2022 police killings at Wieambilla in Queensland had been “unduly leisurely”. Bell recommended the federal government and the states speed up a jointly funded weapons buyback scheme.

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Police in Australia Were Warned of Terror Risk Before Bondi Attack, Report Says

By: Victoria Kim and Laura Chung

30 April 2026 at 08:26

A Jewish security group told police an attack on the community was “likely” because of heightened antisemitism, days before December’s mass shooting in Sydney.

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Bondi royal commission: report calls for better policing of Jewish festivals after ‘high’ terror risk flagged for Hanukah event

By: Ben Doherty · Josh Butler and Nino Bucci

30 April 2026 at 02:45

Interim report contains 14 recommendations, after inquiry examined agencies’ actions before the attack in which 15 people were killed

Sydney’s Jewish community told police of a “high” threat of an attack at December’s Chanukah by the Sea festival at Bondi beach, but New South Wales police appeared not to have completed a comprehensive risk assessment for the event, an interim royal commission report has found.

The interim report of the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, established in the wake of December’s terror attack, found no gap in current laws that could have prevented the shooting. But it did call for greater coordination of policing at Jewish festivals and events.

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Washington in shock after White House press dinner shooting: ‘an angry, polarized nation’

By: David Smith in Washington

26 April 2026 at 18:46

Questions raised about political violence, security and gun control after brazen attack at event attended by top officials

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A stunned Washington faced searching questions about political violence and gun control on Sunday after shots were fired at a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior White House officials.

A man targeted a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel the previous night before being tackled and arrested. Trump and Melania Trump were rushed out of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner as guests dived for cover under tables.

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White House journalists’ gala ended like many US events do: with gun violence

By: Rachel Leingang in Washington

26 April 2026 at 13:01

Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedom

Ahead of this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations centered on the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president.

Instead of a speech stacked with heated barbs against the media, the event ended like many in the US do: with gun violence.

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‘Not a personal attack’: gun lobby targets marginal Labor seats at NSW election over post-Bondi reforms

By: Penry Buckley

21 April 2026 at 15:00

Exclusive: Australian Recreation Union says it plans to support candidates and parties that oppose gun control laws brought in after terror attack

A gun users’ group targeting marginal Labor seats in next year’s New South Wales election plans to campaign for candidates who oppose the government’s firearm laws enacted after the Bondi terror attack.

In an email sent to the electorate offices of 15 Labor backbenchers last week, the Australian Recreation Union (ARU) said it had recruited campaign managers across 17 “vulnerable” electorates, including Kogarah, the seat of the premier, Chris Minns, and Swansea, held by the police minister, Yasmin Catley.

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FIRST READING: Alberta is setting the template on how to defy Ottawa

By: Tristin Hopper

15 April 2026 at 12:52

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