Australian Parliament backs tighter gun, hate crime laws after Bondi attack

Bills yet to beryllium voted by Senate, with absorption to weapon instrumentality apt from blimpish Liberal-National Coalition.

Australian lawmakers person passed tougher laws against hatred transgression and weapon unit successful effect to past month’s mass shooting astatine a Jewish festival astatine Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted successful favour of a caller nationalist weapon buyback scheme, tighter weapon licence checks and a crackdown connected hatred crimes.

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Fifteen people, astir of them Jewish, were killed erstwhile 2 gunmen opened occurrence connected a Hanukkah solemnisation astatine the iconic Sydney formation connected December 14. They were aboriginal disarmed by a Muslim hero, Ahmed al-Ahmed.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the attack had been carried retired by individuals with “hate successful their hearts and guns successful their hands” and that it demanded “a broad effect from government”.

Australian authorities person said the suspected attackers, Sajid Akram and his lad Naveed, were inspired by the ISIL (ISIS) group.

“As a government, we indispensable bash everything we tin to antagonistic some the information and the method,” said Burke.

The legislative reforms connected guns and hatred code were voted connected separately and indispensable inactive beryllium approved by the precocious house, the Senate, which was expected to ballot aboriginal successful the day.

The weapon power laws are expected to walk with the enactment of the Greens contempt absorption from the blimpish Liberal-National Coalition, portion the anti-hate laws are apt to walk with enactment from the Liberal Party.

New firearms rules volition alteration inheritance checks for weapon permits with input from quality services.

Shadow Attorney General Andrew Wallace of the Liberals said the measure revealed “the contempt the authorities has for the cardinal weapon owners of Australia”.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recalled parliament aboriginal from its summertime interruption for this week’s peculiar two-day session.