<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australia's"><span>Australia's</span></a><span> largest gun buyback scheme since the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre will be launched in the wake of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="" title="Bondi Beach terror attack"><span>Bondi Beach terror attack</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/anthony-albanese" rel="" target="" title="Prime Minister Anthony Albanese"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese</span></a><span> announced the scheme this morning, saying it is expected to lead to the seizure and destruction of hundreds of thousands of firearms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The terrible events at Bondi show we need to get more guns off our streets," he said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/major-police-operation-sydney-south-west/dc40cceb-111a-4dd3-aa67-44e4984e8658"><strong><span>Police believe seven men arrested in Sydney raid had 'extremist Islamic ideology'</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know that one of these terrorists held a firearm licence and had six guns, in spite of living in the middle of Sydney's suburbs there at Bonnyrigg.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's no reason why someone in that situation needed that many guns.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There are now more than 4 million firearms in Australia - more than at the time of the Port Arthur massacre nearly 30 years ago."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-gun-buyback-announced-anthony-albanese/5a5e4731-8785-4a9d-9f40-af0ce87a9625" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em><span></span></div></div>