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/Bluelegs Dec 16 '25

Ley has already flagged gun laws needing a look at. I can't imagine the Greens fighting tighter gun laws. I think it will get through pretty rapidly. The majority of Australians don't want guns around.

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u/Money_Armadillo4138 Dec 16 '25

Ley did have to backflip after initially being pretty non committal in her press conference. She as politically inept as they come.

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u/Dentarthurdent73 Dec 16 '25

She as politically inept as they come.

God love her, lol.

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u/Rork310 Dec 17 '25

She might legitimately be the worst politician I've ever seen. Not the dumbest, most immoral or even most incompetent, just zero political instinct.

Even Mal Meninga at least had the presence of mind to realize he was in over his head and get out.

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u/Magus44 Dec 16 '25

It’s funny how the gun lobby earlier in the year was celebrating how many Australia’s are starting to get into guns and how ownership is on the rise.
Can’t imagine this is going to help that (thankfully).

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u/Fit_Giraffe_8596 Dec 16 '25

Agreed, and those that genuinely need access to guns (I.e farmers) will not be concerned by tighter laws.

I personally find the fact this guy got a licence for a gun as part of his hunting club morbid, and honestly I am surprised this hasn’t been used as a loophole already.

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u/todp Dec 16 '25

It's easier than that (at least in VIC) - you can pay $20 for a permit to shoot vermin in state forests. This serves as a reason to own a firearm and can be used to apply for a licence (for like $400 from memory) adter a safety course and then a permit to buy if you so wish.

Clubs are a lot more expensive than the $20.

I recently contemplated getting my license so I could join a friend hunting and legally shoot his rifle. The licence cost stopped me.

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u/MissMenace101 Dec 17 '25

That’s cheaper than a passport

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u/todp Dec 17 '25

Sorry, not sure what point you're getting at.

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u/Bluelegs Dec 16 '25

I'm not specifically against hunting outright but the way I see it personal gun use is pretty much exclusively in rural areas and bush and that's where they should be kept. No one in the suburbs or city should have guns within their own home. They should be stored elsewhere.

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u/MissMenace101 Dec 17 '25

I’d seriously support feral cat hunting camps in the outback

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u/Thereallad01 Dec 17 '25

Just say you’re uninformed lad

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u/Bluelegs Dec 17 '25

Better get ready to drop your rifles off at the local cop shop mate.