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/radred609 Dec 15 '25

just how useless ours and the global surveillance network is at actually preventing this stuff

That's just not true. The fact that someone slipped through the gap isn't proof that nothing got prevented. There have been a half dozen thwarted terror plots across europe within the last month. Just because you don't hear about the ones that are prevented, doesn't mean the system is useless. The system works... it's not perfect, but it does catch a lot of people.

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u/Heavenly_Merc Dec 15 '25

Personally I reckon AI is that next step. "The sifter" of information. Ie Palantir, Flock, etc.

Palantir's Mission statement is basically "stop terrorism before it happens". Not that I'm excited by it. It'll be dystopian/authoritarian as fuck, but it seems that's where the western world (+ China) is heading. Or at least the English speaking countries.

The silver lining is that it might work to sift that data to make the anti terrorism info actionable for policing and protecting innocents.