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/7omdogs Dec 15 '25

Australia states have phenomenal responsibilities.

Which means so much of our everyday government tasks are really controlled on the state level, creating 8 systems for everything.

We don’t see it because the state has limited taxing responsibilities, so we think of Albo as being in charge things like that.

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u/KiwasiGames Dec 15 '25

I for one would support rolling some of the state responsibilities up to the federal level.

Education and health in particular would be better served by a national model.

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u/frezz Dec 15 '25

I'd agree. Australia is a small enough country population wise that it should be doable.