Australia Passes Tougher Laws on Guns, Hate Crimes After Bondi Shooting

People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honor the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Brancaleone

Australia has enacted new laws for a national gun buyback, tighter background checks for gun licenses, and a crackdown on hate crimes in response to the country’s worst mass shooting in decades at a Jewish festival last month.

Two bills for stricter gun...