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SBS50: Fast Facts 1996

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AUSTRALIA ANTI GUN RALLY

Thousands gather for a anti-gun rally in response to the massacre of 35 people at Port Arthur, Tasmania. Credit: AP

Did you know that, in 1996, 35 people died and 23 were wounded in a killing-spree at Port Arthur, a popular tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania? Following the incident, then Prime Minister John Howard introduced strict gun laws, restricting the private ownership of semiautomatic rifles in Australia.

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Did you know that, in 1996, 35 people died and 23 were wounded in a killing-spree at Port Arthur, a popular tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania? Following the incident, then Prime Minister John Howard introduced strict gun laws, restricting the private ownership of semiautomatic rifles in Australia.

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