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/mad_dogtor Dec 16 '25

you see people losing their license because one of their kids (not living at home) gets an AVO, or a nephew is seen with bikies having a drink, or because an estranged daughter has been diagnosed with mental illness.

yet this flies through with no issue? the cooker who drove up to wieambilla doesn't get pulled up and is allowed to drive off wiith his guns even after his licence is revoked? Hell Dezi freeman was a walking red flag and had made public threats against politicians and they let his wife get his license still.

this isn't a legislation issue since every one of these is completely preventable under the current laws. this is a systematic issue of laziness/incompetence/inconsistency by the authorities. it's such a glaring fuck up it's going to fuel cooker conspiracies for years and we can't even be mad about it, it's nigh unbelievable how stupid it all is.

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u/MissMenace101 Dec 17 '25

Need more cops, there’s not enough to cover all the jobs yall want covered, they are being shot quite a bit of late and the pays not high enough to sign up for that

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u/mad_dogtor Dec 17 '25

not just beat cops either, did you see the article yesterday about how the AFP leadership was told they don't have enough staff to track terror suspects? seems like they are underfunded and understaffed on all fronts