Port Arthur tragedy anniversary raises gun cap question
Police and opposition back limits as Tasmania cites a separate buyback plan, while nearly 9,000 licence holders have more than six guns.
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They were the first victims of the Port Arthur massacre. Their family has never forgotten
Seascape guesthouse owners Sally and David Martin were the first people murdered at Port Arthur in 1996. On the 30th anniversary of the tragedy, their granddaughter tells of how the family has refused to be defined by it.
Gun numbers on the rise 30 years on from Port Arthur massacre
This week marks 30 years since 35 people died and dozens more were injured in a shooting at Port Arthur, in southern Tasmania. The tragedy led to a mass buyback of more than half a million guns and other reforms to gun ownership. Australia hadn't seen a mass shooting anywhere near that scale, until the attack at Bondi in December last year, when 15 people were killed. That attack has renewed gun control debate and reforms across the country.
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