Australian state to begin gun buyback after Bondi Beach attack - BBC News

New South Wales, where the attack took place, will offer gun owners cash to give up their firearms.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fifteen people were shot dead at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach

Australia's most populous state will launch a gun buyback scheme later this year, becoming the first to offer cash in exchange for firearms following the Bondi Beach terror attack.

Gun owners in New South Wales (NSW) will be offered up to AUS$1,000 (£523) to hand over eligible handguns, shotguns and rifles from 2 November.

Australian authorities had pledged sweeping firearm law reforms after 15 people were shot dead at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach, which is located in NSW, last December.

The state's Premier Chris Minns said on Saturday: "We want those guns handed in, compensated for and safely destroyed."