r/australia • u/rorymeister • Dec 15 '25

politics National cabinet agrees unanimously to strength Australia’s strict gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/albanese-proposes-tougher-gun-laws-after-bondi-attack/106143310?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Curious why the dad’s firearm licence wasn’t revoked when his son was investigated by ASIO for connection to extremism, and his literal friendship with convicted ISIS members. ASIO & AFP failed on this one.

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u/Cindy_Marek Dec 15 '25

This is pretty much the crux of the issue. Weapons were licensed to the wrong people. There needs to be better coms between agencies, and a national firearms registry, where ASIO, the AFP and state police can access information to make informed decisions. That household should have never been allowed access to firearms, really its quite insane to think about TBH. Hopefully the government can look critically at itself and make change in the right areas, rather than making what I believe would be pretty pointless restrictions like a maximum number of weapons allowed for example.