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Byrne, A. 1996 ‘Unsworth Gloomy on Summit.’ Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: Fairfax Media. 3 May

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Nine years ago the then NSW Premier, Mr Barrie Unsworth, stormed out of a special "gun summit" of State ministers chaired by the then Prime Minister, Mr Bob Hawke, angrily declaring:

"It will take a massacre in Tasmania before we get gun law reform in Australia."

He was shaken when reminded of this by a reporter after the Port Arthur massacre.

ID: Q11924

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