Thirty years ago, Australia experienced the deadliest mass shooting in its history. The Port Arthur massacre transformed the country’s relationship to guns and reshaped firearms policy for decades. Now, following the Bondi Beach attack in December 2025, Australia is once again questioning whether those reforms are still sufficient. Mairead Dundas revisits Port Arthur for France 24
On 28 April 1996, a gunman arrived at the historic Port Arthur site in Tasmania armed with semi-automatic rifles and handguns. By the end of the attack, 35 people had been killed and dozens more injured.
