Canberra, Jan 20 (IANS) Australian Parliament on Tuesday passed tougher gun control and hate crime laws in response to last month’s Bondi Beach shooting during a Jewish festival. The gun control laws, which establish a national firearm buyback scheme and tighten import controls, passed both houses with support from the Greens party.The legislation will also strengthen background checks for gun license holders and applicants, improve information sharing between security agencies, restrict gun imp…
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Sydney, Dec 24 (IANS) Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had asked the governor-general to institute a special honors list for first responders and other heroes from the Bondi fatal mass shooting, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday. Albanese said that the recipients, who would be announced in 2026, would include police, medical staff, and members of the community who rushed to help in the wake of the terror attack.He said that those who had riske…