Gun Buyback Deadline Expires with Most States Still Refusing to Sign On

National Gun Buyback Plan Stalls After Deadline Expires

Hopes for a new nationwide gun buyback have been dealt a blow after the deadline for governments to sign up to the proposed scheme expired. Australia’s more than four million licenced guns were in Canberra’s crosshairs after the Bondi massacre prompted the federal government to promise buying back surplus and illegal firearms from their owners. But the deadline to support a national buyback through state and territory parliaments expired on July…

Gun buyback deadline expires with most states still refusing to sign on

A federal government spokesperson indicated the scheme would still go ahead, citing the agreement of National Cabinet.

Hopes for national gun buyback fade as deadline expires

National firearms reforms are drifting off target after a deadline for states and territories to sign up for...

Australia rejects Labor’s failed gun buyback scheme - NSW Nationals

Labor’s proposed national gun buyback scheme has failed its own deadline, with states and territories rejecting to sign up to Labor’s unworkable proposal before laws were meant to be passed by July 1. The Prime Minister promised agreement by March and legislation by July 1. In a win for common sense and the country’s one… The post Australia rejects Labor’s failed gun buyback scheme appeared first on NSW Nationals.