# Community-based and public health approaches to violence prevention in Australia - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k1283 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Community-based and public health approaches to violence prevention in Australia | WCP 2026 Summary > The National Firearms Agreement introduced after the Port Arthur massacre resulted in the destruction of approximately one-fifth of civilian-owned firearms in… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/k1283) This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it. Symposium PresentationPublic Health and EpidemiologyReview / Opinion # Community-based and public health approaches to violence prevention in Australia Community-based and public health approaches to preventing violence in australia Presenter: Afraz Zaman Country: Australia Session: 4194 - INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE: LESSONS FROM DENMARK, AUSTRALIA, AND THE UNITED STATES Date: Sat, 26.09.2026, 08:00 - 08:00 Room: Hall A4 The National Firearms Agreement introduced after the Port Arthur massacre resulted in the destruction of approximately one-fifth of civilian-owned firearms in Australia and has been associated with the near-total elimination of mass shootings of a similar scale. The talk examines how the attack on April 28, 1996, in Port Arthur, Tasmania, in which 35 people were killed and 21 injured, marked a turning point in Australian history. The massacre’s most lasting impact was the swift and decisive legislative response brought about by the National Firearms Agreement (NFA), adopted in 1996 under the leadership of the government of the day. Through the mandatory buyback program that formed the cornerstone of this legislation, approximately 650,000 rapid-fire firearms were collected and destroyed, representing around 20% of civilian-owned firearms in the country at the time. Implementation was not without controversy: although widely supported by the public and many politicians, some gun owners’ groups argued that their rights were being violated. Nevertheless, a sense of national mourning and the desire to prevent further tragedies sustained the reform. Australia became an international case study in firearms regulation, with the substantial decline in firearm-related deaths, including homicides and suicides, cited as evidence of the laws’ effectiveness. While numerous mass shootings had occurred before 1996, mass shootings of a similar scale were almost entirely eliminated in the decades following the implementation of the NFA. How to cite this study APA 7: Zaman, A., et al. (2026, September 26). Community-based and public health approaches to preventing violence in australia [Symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. Vancouver: Zaman A, et al. Community-based and public health approaches to preventing violence in australia [symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Author names and title formatting were generated automatically from the congress system; please check them against the original poster before use. ## On the same topic - [Birleşik Krallık'ta COVID sonrası DEHB ile ilgili arama ilgisinde orantısız artış](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0075) - [Brezilyalı üniversite öğrencilerinde dikkat eksikliği/hiperaktivite belirtilerinin yaşam tarzı ve anksiyete bağıntıları: UNILIFE çok merkezli kohort bulguları](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0087) - [Sendemik kuramının evsizlik, ruhsal hastalık, madde kullanımı ve suçlulukla ilişkisine uygulanması: bir kapsam derlemesi](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0093) - [Ruh sağlığı hizmetlerine başvuru zamanlaması ve genç erişkinlikte işgücü piyasasından dışlanma: Finlandiya kayıt temelli çalışması](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0228) - [Birinci sınıf üniversite öğrencilerinde depresyon ve birikimli olumsuz yaşantılar: Kenya üniversitelerinden bulgular](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0240) [All WCP 2026 summaries](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k1283 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim