Apart from that, the government claimed that there would also be limitations on who could legally sell or supply weapons, minimum licensing and permit requirements, and more secure storage rules.
More than 650,000 weapons were destroyed. By some estimates, the move almost halved the number of gun-owning households. Although gun-related deaths dropped dramatically, the new rules were sharply criticized by gun-rights advocates.
Martin Byrant is serving 35 life sentences and more than a thousand additional years’ jail without parole over the shooting.
Tasmania’s former Labor premier Michael Field will deliver a welcome at April 28 commemoration, which begins at 1 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
The poem Garden of Peace, written by the late Margaret Scott, will be read by Julia Palmer, who was a young girl in 1996 and later worked at the historic site.
Torquil Canning, who designed the garden memorial built in 2000 and featured a pool of peace, will also speak.
The names of all 35 victims are inscribed there.
“May we who come to this garden cherish life for the sake of those who died,” the inscription reads.
“Cherish compassion for the sake of those who gave aid. Cherish peace for the sake of those in pain.”
The service will end with the laying of wreaths and a quiet moment for reflection.
(Edited by Vaibhav Vishwanath Pawar and Pallavi Mehra. Map by Urvashi Makwana.)
