Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026

Amends the:

• Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 , Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 and Customs Regulation 2015 to prohibit the importation of violent extremist material and goods depicting or containing prohibited symbols
• AusCheck Act 2007 , Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 , Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 and Crimes Act 1914 to establish a framework to enable firearms background checks
• Customs Act 1901 to: establish an information sharing and disclosure framework to facilitate the automatic disclosure of firearms information and other prescribed information
• make technical amendments
• Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 to: establish a public safety test for firearms and weapons
• strengthen import controls on certain firearms and firearm-related goods
• amend the police certification tests to remove the use of open-ended permits for the importation of firearms and weapons
• Criminal Code Act 1995 and Crimes Act 1914 to create new offences for using a carriage service to deal with firearms and explosives manufacture material or possessing or controlling this material through a carriage service. Also establishes a national gun buyback scheme to purchase surplus and restricted firearms
• makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts and 3 regulations.

Summary from the official bill homepage.