Summary

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; and 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; and amend the police certification tests to remove the use of open-ended permits for the importation of firearms and weapons; and 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; and makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts and 3 regulations.