Government pledges $160m for national guns register

Government pledges $160m for national guns register

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will announce the funding commitment on Saturday that will allow police to track gun possession.

  • byAngus Thompson

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School ignored multiple warnings that six-year-old had a gun before he shot teacher

School ignored multiple warnings that six-year-old had a gun before he shot teacher

The child,who had a history of aggressive behaviour,pulled a handgun from his jacket and shot his teacher. The gun jammed after a single shot,preventing further chaos.

  • byBen Finley andDenise Lavoie
‘Oh,that man left a gun on the train’:Commuter forgets ‘pistol’ during morning rush
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‘Oh,that man left a gun on the train’:Commuter forgets ‘pistol’ during morning rush

Shocked passengers say they found the gun on a train seat after the man left the carriage at a Sydney station. Police say it is a gel-blaster.

  • byPerry Duffin
WA’s 90,000 gun owners will soon have to answer this suite of questions. Here’s what you need to know

WA’s 90,000 gun owners will soon have to answer this suite of questions. Here’s what you need to know

The health questionnaire devised by WA Police was tabled in parliament on Wednesday as part of the firearms bill currently being debated.

  • byHamish Hastie
Perth teen becomes first in Australia to be jailed for school shooting

Perth teen becomes first in Australia to be jailed for school shooting

The boy was sentenced in the Perth Children’s Court on Thursday morning after firing three rounds at Atlantis Beach Baptist College in May 2023.

  • byHolly Thompson
Intent to murder charges for 79-year-old after daylight city shooting
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Intent to murder charges for 79-year-old after daylight city shooting

The elderly man wielding a semi-automatic pistol allegedly shot a solicitor,77,at the office building on Castlereagh Street in Sydney’s CBD.

  • byPerry Duffin,Jessica McSweeney andBen Grubb
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Police were warned about lax gun rules. So why haven’t they acted?
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Police were warned about lax gun rules. So why haven’t they acted?

Specific red flags were raised last year about the tracking and monitoring of NSW police weapons.

  • bySam Lee
Jail likely for Perth school shooter in Australian-first case

Jail likely for Perth school shooter in Australian-first case

A teenage boy who opened fire at a school in Perth’s north,plunging it into lockdown,will likely be jailed in what is an Australian-first case.

  • byHolly Thompson
Pregnant woman charged with shooting murder of Sydney crime figure
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Pregnant woman charged with shooting murder of Sydney crime figure

A 27-year-old man is also expected to be charged over the gunning down of Ferenc “David” Stemler in Canterbury last year.

  • byJessica McSweeney
Fans help apprehend suspected gunman after fatal shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl parade

Fans help apprehend suspected gunman after fatal shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl parade

Video shows two onlookers chase and tackle someone,holding that person down until two police officers arrive.

  • byHeather Hollingsworth andNick Ingrahm
Gun buyback to support historic West Australian firearm reforms

Gun buyback to support historic West Australian firearm reforms

Every individual licensed owner can access compensation with the scheme the state compares to the nationwide one that followed the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.

  • byMichael Genovese