National gun register the ‘next step’ for reform that John Howard started, Anthony Albanese says
Albanese praises ‘courage’ of former prime minister and those affected by Port Arthur massacre
July 2022
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Nitram review – a harrowing portrait of Australia’s most deadly mass shooter
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Nitram review – deeply disturbing drama about mass killer Martin Bryant
May 2022
Australian police renew calls for national firearms database following mass shootings in the US
Existing information on gun ownership and tracking undermined by inaccurate, inconsistent and incomplete data across multiple jurisdictions
December 2021
Australian arts in focus
Aacta awards 2021: Nitram dominates ceremony as stars pay tribute to David Gulpilil
Justin Kurzel’s film wins eight awards, with The Newsreader taking four of the television categories
October 2021
Australian arts in focus
‘It’s still really, really raw’: Port Arthur massacre film Nitram premieres in Hobart to half-empty cinema
How will the controversial film be received in a town that won’t speak the killer’s name?
September 2021
Nitram review – intensely disquieting and extraordinary Port Arthur massacre film
Australian arts in focus
‘I was incredibly scared of it’: Justin Kurzel on making Port Arthur massacre film Nitram
July 2021
Nitram star Caleb Landry Jones wins best actor award at Cannes for playing Port Arthur killer
Texan says film about Australian massacre is ‘respectfully made’ after taking top gong for portrayal of Martin Bryant
April 2021
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Port Arthur massacre 25th anniversary: John Howard warns against any erosion in gun laws
‘I thought if I couldn’t do something I wasn’t up to the job,’ former PM says of firearm control reforms he led
How Australia’s global gold standard on gun control is being eroded
The people credited with lowering the gun-death rate after the Port Arthur massacre say the firearm lobby has since been boosted and gun laws chipped away
December 2020
From the Port Arthur film to true crime – where is the line on telling stories of real life atrocities?
Martin McKenzie-Murray
Australian arts in focus
'We need to remember': Doctor who treated Port Arthur victims defends new film
November 2020
Australian arts in focus
Port Arthur massacre film to be directed by Snowtown's Justin Kurzel
Stan-produced film NITRAM will feature big-name Australian actors with US actor Caleb Landry Jones as the gunman
April 2019
One Nation and Port Arthur conspiracies: a long and dishonourable history
Pauline Hanson publicly denies the 1996 massacre was a set-up, but the believers have consistently found a home in her party
March 2019
Good to hear One Nation doesn't want our gun laws relaxed - it certainly sounded like it did
First Dog on the Moon
The trauma of a massacre is real and yet the gun lobby loves to portray itself as the ‘victim’ while its opponents play politics
Fact or fiction? Pauline Hanson's defence of the One Nation scandal
Senator defends her party’s conduct amid a guns and donations scandal with an 18-minute diatribe
Pauline Hanson suggests Port Arthur massacre was a government conspiracy
One Nation leader tells al-Jazeera reporter there are ‘a lot of questions’ about 1996 attack
December 2018
John Howard's decisive action on gun control revealed in 1996 cabinet papers
Early in Howard’s prime ministership he confronted the horror of the Port Arthur massacre and its aftermath
