For almost three decades, Australia's gun laws have been regarded as among the strictest — and most effective — in the world. After the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, in which 35 people were killed in ...

The bulletproof vest bulged beneath John Howard’s suit as he stood before a crowd of furious gun owners in rural Australia. It was 1996 and the then prime minister — in the role for just three months ...

Australian leaders quickly vowed to tighten up the country's laws on firearm ownership in the wake of the deadly gun attack on Jewish people at Bondi Beach on Sunday. Australia has a history of ...

The country’s stringent rules are often lauded as a model policy by proponents of gun control in the United States. By Amelia Nierenberg and Jin Yu Young Mass shootings are rare in Australia, which ...