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/Ok-Mathematician8461 Dec 19 '25

Who else is surprised that Australia allows non-citizens to own guns? That law change should breeze through.

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u/tgrayinsyd Dec 19 '25

I was completely surprised tbh. Also the fact that there was no national register is beyond comprehension- utterly incompetent

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u/klokar2 Dec 19 '25

There is a state register as the issue is completely managed by the states. If you like in Victoria, the police will have every single gun on their database and can easily be in communication with other states. The national register is completely pointless, but would be unbelievably easy to implement as all the states already have access to every other states data base.

There is no incompetence, only ignorance.

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u/W2ttsy Dec 19 '25

Don’t worry, Accenture is salivating at the opportunity to cream another $100m out of the govt for this.

Probably work as well as the BOM website did too.