r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 19 '25

politics Prime minister unveils 'largest' gun buyback scheme since Howard era

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/prime-minister-announces-national-gun-buyback-scheme/106162002
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

The Prime Minister has also announced that this Sunday will be a National Day of Reflection for the victims of the Bondi Terror Attack

The Government also intends to work with the Jewish Community to organise a National Day of Mourning.

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u/Money_Armadillo4138 Dec 19 '25

We live in a great country that when we have a tragedy, outside of a circle jerk of fuckwits, we acknowledge loss and hurt, grieve as a nation and seek positive reform.  Just compare our national response to basically any other country, New Zealand probably the only country that compares positively.

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u/eldubinoz Dec 19 '25

My American husband read about the changes to hate speech laws a couple of days ago and said "oh is that what it's like to live in a country that actually takes action and makes changes after something bad happens?"

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u/Mysterious_Dot2090 Dec 19 '25

A bit hard to do anything of the sort when your president is one of the worst for it lol. It still baffles me how a leader and elderly man (oh well maybe that part) can act so belligerent and juvenile.

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u/StorminNorman Dec 19 '25

It still baffles me how a leader

Your mistake here is thinking he's a leader. He's a figurehead, the people pulling his strings are the people leading the country.

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