Following the terrorist attack last December, Australia has announced stricter gun laws. As part of these, the state of New South Wales (NSW), where Sydney is located, will begin buying back guns from November.
Up to 274,000 weapons, from pistols to assault rifles, could be confiscated, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
"We must do everything we can to ensure that the anti-Semitic attack in Bondi is not repeated. That includes meaningful gun reform," he said, according to ABC News.
But the cost is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of Australian dollars - in the first stage, gun owners could receive up to $1,000, equivalent to nearly 7,000 SEK, per gun.
Moreover, so far only one other state, Western Australia, has supported a buyback. And the opposition rejects the proposal completely.
It is self-deception to believe that criminals and would-be terrorists would come running to the police and hand over their weapons, says NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane of the Liberal Party.
15 people were killed and around 40 injured when a father and his son opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. According to the police, the act was anti-Semitic, and the perpetrators were influenced by the extremist terrorist group ISIS.
