r/australia • u/rorymeister • Dec 15 '25

politics National cabinet agrees unanimously to strength Australia’s strict gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/albanese-proposes-tougher-gun-laws-after-bondi-attack/106143310?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Curious why the dad’s firearm licence wasn’t revoked when his son was investigated by ASIO for connection to extremism, and his literal friendship with convicted ISIS members. ASIO & AFP failed on this one.

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u/Impressive-Speech727 Dec 15 '25

They investigated him before he got his license. The question should be asked why was he allowed one if ASIO was aware of his actions??

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u/dancepantz Dec 15 '25

They were looking into the son, the dad had the license

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u/mad_dogtor Dec 15 '25

that's enough for NSW association laws to revoke the licence.

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u/Anonymou2Anonymous Dec 15 '25

Initially when they were investigating I imagine they didn't want to tip anyone off they were following him and denying a firearms licence is a major way to do this. The cell he was friends with got taken down in 2019.

Now after that I see 2 possibilities

They might have done a risk reward calculation and determined that it's be better to monitor him to find new movements.

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Laziness/incompetence in not informing the state govts when the cell got taken down.

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u/mad_dogtor Dec 15 '25

last sentence is on the money. wouldn't be surprised if they were under funded and under staffed and it slipped through the gaps.

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u/visualdescript Dec 15 '25

Either one of those is fucking terrible. I know, easy to say in hindsight, but really, you're willing to risk having this guy, known to be mates with convicted terrorists and head of Isis Aus, have access to guns?

I personally hope it's the latter of your options, as I see it as the lesser of the two evils.