The Examiner, April 29, 1996
Includes 4-page wraparound cover sheet, consisting of pages A: front cover, B: inside front cover, C: inside back cover, and D: back cover.
page A
33 DEAD - Gunman holding three hostages - Police fear toll will risepage B
Surreal quality surrounds tranquility of peninsula More than 30 dead in gun carnagepage C Wildlife park turned to police command post Killer in 20s and mentally disabled Federal pledge to press for gun law reform Negotiations continuing
page D
Queen shocked by the news Quotes from witnessespage 1
Slaughter toll horror - Children and tourists among the gunman's victims Screening of firearm licence applicants The world's worst gun massacrepage 2
Premier calls in all available resources Governer-General sends sympathy Prime Minister John Howard: 'Shocked and apalled at murders' Trauma counselling arranged for staffpage 3
Extra police flown in as negotiations stall NSW sends police team to Tasmania Weapon banned in Australia Two Canadians among dead Services stretched Three hostages reported Bus driver among victimspage 4
SSAA to fight gun reforms Hospital activates full alert for staff It's a catastrophe, says police chief New Zealander killedpage 5
New chapter in a bloody story Guns are easy to buy in Tasmaniapage 6
Driver can't believe gunman missed him Lives saved by tour Terror as group hides in cottage Mother pleaded for help for her dead child Children among killer's victimspage 7
Nation's worst mass killing - Past massacres "pale into insignificance": commissioner - A tragic historypage 10
Editorial Opinion: Agony and shame at senseless carnage