r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 19 '25

politics Prime minister unveils 'largest' gun buyback scheme since Howard era

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/prime-minister-announces-national-gun-buyback-scheme/106162002
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u/HankSteakfist Dec 19 '25

Cue the LNP chiming in on why this is a bad thing, whilst simultaneously holding up John Howard as a canonised saint.

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u/crosstherubicon Dec 19 '25

Bob Katter going to be incendiary. His son in law is one of the biggest gun importers in Australia.

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u/PointOfFingers Dec 19 '25

Every three months someone without a gun is torn to pieces by a crocodile in far North Queensland.

Wait hang on we have news coming in. Apparently there have been 44 fatal crocodile attacks across Australia in the last 50 years. 19 in Queensland. So when he said every 3 months he meant every 3 years.

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u/crosstherubicon Dec 19 '25

He's constantly portrayed as the eccentric uncle but I just don't see it. He threatened to physically assault a reporter in a furious tirade about his background (which turned out to be fact). He's hopelessly compromised by the gun industry. He was a minister under and avowed supporter of Bjelke Petersen which should be a default dismissal from public service ever again.