SYDNEY: 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 control and anti-hate measures passed the House of Representatives and Senate late on Tuesday during a special sitting of parliament. The gun control laws passed with the support of the Greens party despite opposition from the opposition conservative Liberal-National coalition.

Bills yet to be voted by Senate, with opposition to gun law likely from conservative Liberal-National Coalition.

The laws, in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, establish a national buyback, stop the importation of some firearms and tighten background checks

La Cámara baja del Parlamento aprueba la reforma impulsada por el Ejecutivo después del tiroteo en Sídney que causó 15 muertos

SYDNEY: 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…

The reforms are in response to Australia's worst mass shooting in decades at a Jewish festival in December.

Australia's parliament passed a package of gun laws Tuesday in response to the Bondi Beach shooting, including tighter background checks.