CRACKDOWN ON GUNS, “TERRORIST SYMBOLS”
Australia’s federal authorities has flagged a set of reforms to gun possession and hate speech legal guidelines, in addition to a assessment of police and intelligence companies.
Albanese additionally introduced final week a sweeping buyback scheme to “get weapons off our streets”.
It’s the largest gun buyback since 1996, when Australia cracked down on firearms within the wake of a mass taking pictures that killed 35 folks at Port Arthur.
And the federal government of New South Wales – the place the taking pictures befell – recalled its parliament for two days on Monday to introduce what it referred to as the “hardest firearm reforms within the nation”.
“We will not faux that the world is identical because it was earlier than that terrorist incident on Sunday,” New South Wales Premier Chris Minns informed reporters.
“I would give something to return per week, a month, two years, to make sure that did not occur, however we have to ensure that we take steps in order that it by no means occurs once more.”
The brand new guidelines will cap the variety of weapons a person can personal to 4, or ten for exempted people like farmers.
There are greater than 1.1 million firearms within the state, officers mentioned.
The laws would additionally ban the show of “terrorist symbols”, together with the flag of the Islamic State, which was present in a automobile linked to one of many alleged shooters.
Authorities will even have the ability to prohibit protests for as much as three months following a terrorism incident.
One of many alleged gunmen, Sajid Akram, 50, was shot and killed by police through the assault. An Indian nationwide, he entered Australia on a visa in 1998.
His 24-year-old son Naveed, an Australian-born citizen, was moved from hospital to jail on Monday, police mentioned.
Minns mentioned on Monday he would additionally look into stricter hate speech laws subsequent yr, together with restrictions on the phrase “globalise the intifada”.
The phrase is a standard chant at pro-Palestinian rallies and refers to previous uprisings in opposition to Israeli forces within the occupied territories.
