Shotlist FILE: Canberra, Australia - Date Unknown 1. Various of Australian Parliament House, national flag, coat of arms of Australia Sydney, Australia - Dec 14, 2025 2. Traffic cones, police officers on street 3. Police vehicle parked; police officer on duty 4. Various of armed police on patrol Sydney, Australia - Dec 17, 2025 5. Various of vehicles, buildings, trees, tourists at beach Storyline Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday announced that a national firearm buyback scheme will be established to reduce the number of guns in the community following the Bondi Beach shooting. Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra that the federal government will establish a national buyback to purchase and destroy surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms. The scheme will mimic a buyback that was established in response to the fatal shooting of 35 people at Port Arthur in the island state of Tasmania in 1996. The fatal shooting of 15 people at Bondi Beach on Sunday night was Australia's most deadly mass shooting since the 1996 attack, which prompted a major overhaul of the country's gun laws. Albanese said there are currently over four million firearms in Australia, more than there were at the time of the Port Arthur massacre. Australia's states and territories will be responsible for collection, processing and payments under the buyback, and the Australian Federal Police will be responsible for destroying the surrendered firearms. Albanese said he expects hundreds of thousands of firearms will be collected and destroyed. Previously on Monday Australia's leaders at a snap National Cabinet meeting agreed to take decisive action to strengthen gun laws following the Bondi Beach shooting. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]