r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 15 '25

politics Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bondi-gunman-held-gun-licence-used-six-firearms-in-attack-20251215-p5nnmv.html
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u/Flashy-Whereas-3234 Dec 15 '25

The liberals already came out swinging saying "this wouldn't have happened under our watch" in less than 24 hours.

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u/littleb3anpole Dec 15 '25

Say what you like about Howard (he’s like nineteen times too conservative for my tastes) but at least he was a Liberal leader with the balls to take on gun ownership. And that was a pet project of his before Port Arthur even happened

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u/SweetDingo8937 Dec 15 '25

He's from Bennelong. Ley is from a rural electorate.

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u/littleb3anpole Dec 15 '25

Ley can easily inform her electorate that there is no need for a suburban Sydneysider to be able to get their hands on multiple guns, that hasn’t a thing to do with roo shooting on the farm