ConflictNSW to Launch Gun Buyback Nov 2 After Bondi Hanukkah Attack Killed 15Aired August 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00New South Wales will open a national gun0:02buyback on the 2nd of November 2026.0:04[music]0:05The first state to do so under a joint0:07Commonwealth state plan to take guns off0:09streets after the Hanukkah festival0:10shooting at Bondi Beach that killed0:12[music] 15 people. The shooting at the0:14Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach in0:16Sydney on the 14th December 2025 killed0:18[music] 15 people in what was described0:20as an anti-Semitic terrorist shooting0:21spree targeting a Jewish religious0:23celebration. The day after the attack on0:2515 [music] December 2025, national0:28cabinet met and agreed to act to0:30eradicate anti-Semitism and strengthen0:32gun [music] laws. On the 16th of August0:342026, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese0:36and the Commonwealth [music] and New0:37South Wales governments set the first0:39date for that commitment with New South0:41Wales to open on the 2nd of November.0:44The scheme is described as a national0:45buyback starting with New South Wales0:47with the practical aim of reducing0:49[music] firearms in the community after0:50a mass killing that targeted a Jewish0:52religious celebration. The stated0:54purpose is to take guns [music] off0:55streets with New South Wales0:57administering the first intake as the0:59Commonwealth's national partner.1:00>> [music]1:00>> No details have been published on which1:03firearms are covered, what compensation1:05will be offered, how long the program1:07will [music] run, how it will be funded1:09and administered between the1:10Commonwealth and New South Wales, or1:12when other states and territories will1:14join and the specific gun law changes1:16and anti-Semitism measures agreed by1:17national cabinet [music] have not been1:19detailed. The account rests on a single1:21report published 16 August [music] that1:23has not yet been independently1:24corroborated.1:26Like and follow for more stories that1:28matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗