Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has tabled the government’s first bill – which focuses on guns and customs reform – and begun today’s debate.

This bill is expected to pass with the Greens’ support, and will establish a federal gun buyback, provisions for greater information sharing between security agencies, and tougher controls on firearm imports. Hate reforms will be debated separately.

“The terrorists who killed 15 people on that horrible day had hate in their hearts and guns in their hands. The tragic events at Bondi demand a comprehensive response from government,” Burke said.

“We must deal with the motivation of hatred and the method, the firearms, that the attackers used to devastate so many lives.”

Burke used the opportunity to reject suggestions the reforms would not have stopped the Bondi massacre by limiting the number of firearms available to the shooters.

“If this national reform package had already been in place, how many firearms would the Bondi gunmen have held? Would it be six? Would it be five? Would it be four? The answer is zero. The father would have been ineligible because he was not a citizen.

“The firearms that they were using would not have been available to them, and the son, who didn’t have a firearms licence, in any event, had he tried, any intelligence holdings with respect to him, would have formed part of the licensing decisions.”