Port Arthur massacre
Labor pledges $160m for national guns register
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will announce the funding commitment on Saturday that will allow police to track gun possession.
- by Angus Thompson
Latest
Humanity rises above political sniping
Once again, In the face of catastrophe and in the worst circumstances, the best Australian characteristics shone through.
Opinion
Defamation
Channel Seven’s grubby Spotlight ‘exclusive’ puts my beloved trade to shame
I can see no excuse for the kind of abhorrent behaviour we’ve heard about at Channel Seven in recent days.
- by Ray Martin
Exclusive
Gun control
Lethal, legal and locally made: Howard joins police push to restrict this gun nationwide
The pump-action Wedgetail MPR308 rifle is banned in NSW, Tasmania and the ACT but can be bought in every other state and territory.
- by Andrew Probyn and Eliza Edwards
‘It is not factual’: Police sniper blasts publication of Port Arthur book
Former police sniper Craig Harwood has spoken out about the spiking of a controversial new book by an author who falsely claimed to have been at Port Arthur.
- by Jason Steger
Publisher pulls former cop’s memoir after police raise doubts over accuracy
The former member of the Victoria Police Special Operations Group said he was involved in the resolution of the Port Arthur massacre, a claim denied by police.
- by Jason Steger
Opinion
Guns in America
I was close to one of the US gun massacres. ‘Thoughts and prayers’ did nothing
Can the worship of weapons be stopped in a country at war with itself?
- by Grace Tame
Analysis
Naked City
The awful truth: Why Americans will continue to kill their children
If Australia had the same population as the US, at our current gunshot homicide rate there would be 444 deaths a year. In the US it is around 20,000.
- by John Silvester
From the Archives, 1997: Port Arthur remembered by those trying to forget
Twenty-five years ago, Port Arthur’s survivors took a difficult step away from grief when they mourned the deaths of 35 people a year ago.
- by Andrew Darby and Virginia Trioli
★★★★
Review
Why you should watch the most awarded Australian film of the year
Nitram doesn’t offer any easy answers beyond the obvious: keep the guns under control.
- by Paul Byrnes
Disturbing but compelling, Nitram lingers long in the memory
Whether or not one has misgivings about the decision to depict the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, this film about the unnamed killer is brilliantly made and utterly compelling.
- by Brad Newsome
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