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Nitram is a restrained and sensitive film, which makes sure not to glorify or sensationalise a killer.
Part of the final cache of more than 30,000 firearms seized under the NSW Firearms Amnesty and Handgun Buyback waiting to be destroyed.
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For the first time in 20 years, Australia’s national arsenal of private guns is larger than it was before the Port Arthur massacre.
On April 28 1996, 28-year-old Martin Bryant murdered 35 people and injured 23 others at, and in the vicinity of, Port Arthur.
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How Bryant and, more importantly, the dead and survivors of the massacre are remembered is vital if we’re to appreciate the impact of it.
The 1996 National Firearms Agreement dramatically raised standards by imposing minimum requirements drawing on the best elements in the existing laws and on the recommendations of a series of expert inquiries.
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After the Port Arthur massacre, Australia had the most comprehensive reform of firearm laws anywhere in the world. But a creeping complacency now jeopardises public safety.
The tragedy that unfolded 20 years ago added another layer of horror to a site already scarred by atrocity.
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The 20th anniversary of the massacre at Port Arthur again raises pressing questions about ways of remembering the tragedy.