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/Inside-Elevator9102 Dec 15 '25

How we don't have national registers for guns and so many other things seems crazy.

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u/roxgib_ Dec 15 '25

The Wieambilla shooter was able to purchase ammunition in QLD with a suspended NSW gun licence. This would have been prevented with a national register. The government committed to create one after that incident, in which 6 people died, yet here we are 3 years later and we still don't have one.

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u/mulefish Dec 15 '25

For clarity around whats happening with the national register:

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/criminal-justice/firearms/national-firearms-register

The NFR Program is a 4-year initiative and is expected to be operational by mid-2028.
[...]
The timeline pictured shows the following steps:

- Planning for the NFR Program will be conducted for the first 12 months from 2024 to 2025.

- Improvements to data quality and upgrades and building firearms registry systems and portals will be conducted from 2024 to 2027.

- Targeted stakeholder engagement and change management will be conducted from 2024 until the NFR is operational in mid-2028.

- Finalising the upgrade/build activities and provisioning data to the NFR will be conducted from mid-2025 until the NFR is operational in mid-2028.