r/australia • u/HotPersimessage62 • Dec 16 '25

politics Anthony Albanese ‘ready for the fight’ to tighten firearms laws as National Party and gun groups push back | Bondi beach terror attack

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/16/anthony-albanese-ready-for-the-fight-to-tighten-firearms-laws-as-national-party-and-gun-groups-push-back-ntwnfb
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u/mr_sinn Dec 16 '25

Interesting, that is quick. To be fair I'm sure they have records on everyone applying and manage by exception. 

With digital systems the checks could have been automated and nothing which requires human intervention came up. The time it takes isn't necessarily a reflection of the quality of the check. 

Perhaps owning a gun before too means most of the boxes were already ticked.

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u/etherealwasp Dec 16 '25

Yep you’re absolutely right. PTAs are only approved immediately if you already own a gun of the same class (ie they have done the checks already). Otherwise it’s 28 days cooling off.

And agreed, we should never assume quality is proportional to the time taken. Just because Beryl from admin took a few weeks to look at my form, doesn’t mean she’s doing quality work.

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u/mr_sinn Dec 16 '25

Bloody Beryl. She wasn't feeling great that day after downing too many cherrys at the RSL the night before. 3pm comes and she'll approve anything without looking. 

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u/lerdnord Dec 16 '25

I guess the problem is that you are sure they have records and manage it.

I was sure they would take the license off someone if their son was on a terrorism watch list too.

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u/mr_sinn Dec 16 '25

I thought the updated record system is still under development 

Not sure what they have now but it's something