Thread: Arms (Shooting Clubs Ranges and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2024

Having just read through the proposed legislative change wording, I note that although there is clearly proposed change away from Police to Justice, the Police Commissioner to the Secretary of Justice and from the Minister of Police to an alternate “responsible Minister” there is still a very strong connection to Police when it comes to the wording associated with the inspection of clubs and ranges. Thinking about that, I can see that there is a considerable level of knowledge and experience residing in those people currently performing these tasks which would not be possible to immediately transition to other different people within the Department of Justice who do not have that same level of knowledge and experience. However even though I reached that conclusion, it causes me to wonder whether all of the change included in the proposed legislative wording will be nothing much more than cosmetic if the same people at ground level are still doing the doing? Noting also that these change are the first of many more being worked upon.

Greetings @Rushy and all,
There definitely is more to come. The review into registration of firearms still needs to be completed before any further changes to the Act are considered and by my count there are about 18 months left before the 2026 Election silly season descends upon us. We live in interesting times.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings @Rushy and all,
There definitely is more to come. The review into registration of firearms still needs to be completed before any further changes to the Act are considered and by my count there are about 18 months left before the 2026 Election silly season descends upon us. We live in interesting times.
Regards Grandpamac.

About 12 -15 months before the 2026 election silly season begins.
If the firearms act is to be further amended, imho, the bill would need to be introduced early in 2025 and passed by September 2025.

The coalition government won't want any debate of firearms legislation in an election year.
Nor should we as it would enable and empower the anti-gun lunatics who rely on scare tactics and misinformation.

If anyone wants a good reason why the Police should have nothing to do with the Register it is the revelation that a) Police are duplicating the Register in their NIA database, b) It is not only your Firearms information that Police are collecting in the Register. It is massive overreach enabled by very rushed and sloppy Law/Legislation making.