A second jurisdiction has signed onto Anthony Albanese’s gun buyback after the commonwealth agreed to fund 75 per cent of the scheme in the ACT.

Until now, NSW had been the only state or territory to agree to the scheme, which was announced in the weeks after the Bondi Beach terror attack.

Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania have all refused to join.

Western Australians plans to continue its own firearm buyback.

In a statement, the federal government said it would fund 75 per cent of the compensation and administration costs, and all destruction costs, in the ACT.

With the agreement, the government was taking action to “strengthen Australia’s gun laws and keep our communities safe”, Mr Albanese said.

“National gun reform is an important part of making sure an antisemitic terrorist attack like we saw at Bondi can’t happen again.

“I thank the ACT government for their collaboration as we work to take guns off our streets in order to better protect Australians.”

Currently, there are more than 7000 firearms license holders in the ACT, owning about 23,000 firearms.

It is estimated a new cap on firearms, which limits most owners to just 10 guns, will impact about 14 per cent of license holders in the ACT.

In February, the ACT government introduced legislation to limit the number of firearms a person may possess, while recategorising certain firearm, prohibiting so-called belt-fed firearms, and create an offence for possession of digital firearm blueprints.

A separate bill will also seek to give police additional tools to ensure high-risk individuals do not gain access to firearms.

Both measures are set to be debated later this year and are largely in line with legislation across the border in NSW – including a post-Bondi, Western Australia-style cap on the number of firearms a person can possess.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr the agreement with the federal government would strengthen community safety and support “effective firearms reforms across jurisdictions”.

“Reducing the number of high-risk firearms in circulation is a sensible and practical measure to help keep Canberrans safer. Working with the commonwealth and NSW ensures a more co-ordinated approach to firearms safety,” he said.

“The ACT has some of the strongest firearms laws in the country and this agreement supports our ongoing efforts to further reduce the risk of firearms falling into the wrong hands.

Mr Barr said the government recognised that the overwhelming majority of firearm licence holders were “responsible and law-abiding citizens”.

“The buyback scheme will provide compensation while helping deliver further community safety outcomes,” he said.

ACT Police Minister Marisa Paterson said the territory government would “work with the community as we progress through the changes”.

“Once we have finalised the agreement we will provide clear information to the community about the process of the buyback, including eligibility, compensation and the process for surrendering the firearms,” she said.

“This will be a major undertaking for ACT Policing and the ACT government will continue to work to support them as they progress.

“Work is also continuing to progress on the development of a fully digital ACT Firearms Registry, which will be integrated with the National Firearms Register and will provide frontline police with real-time access to firearms data.”

Announced last week, NSW’s own buyback will see handgun owners receive $1000 for a revolver and $850 for a semiautomatic pistol.

Shotguns will return $650 and $850 for single-barrelled and double-barrelled guns respectively, while rifles will return as much as $1000 for a centre-fire weapon.

Under a second phase in NSW, commencing in early 2027, owners will be provided with a pathway to compensation, for a fee, for eligible higher-value firearms with an indicative market value above $3000, capped at $10,000 per firearm.

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