Queensland is expected to become Australia’s most heavily armed state after choosing not to participate in a gun buyback that New South Wales has launched following the Bondi attack. The assessment across outlets is that NSW’s buyback will reduce the number of firearms in that state, while Queensland’s refusal to adopt the same program will leave it with relatively higher firearm holdings.
The reporting frames the issue in terms of contrasting policy choices between the states. NSW’s campaign is presented as a major, post-Bondi effort to remove firearms through buybacks, while Queensland’s position is described as a rejection of the scheme. Together, these steps are linked to projections about which state will hold the most firearms going forward.
While the sources agree on the broad direction of the comparison—NSW buying back guns and Queensland not—the details are not expanded in the provided excerpts. The common thread is the expected shift in rankings based on participation in the buyback following the Bondi attack.
