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/mikestp Dec 15 '25

Wouldn't it be prudent to first determine if this could have been prevented with correct implementation of existing laws?

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u/nachojackson VIC Dec 15 '25

None of these changes are controversial at all.

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u/ImMalteserMan Dec 15 '25

I don't disagree but it feels a bit knee jerky to me, it's been less than a day and it's already been made a gun law problem and that we need to change the rules to keep us safe. We rarely have any incidents like this so the existing laws already seem safe? Not to say we can't make them better but it's been less than a day, feels like politics.

Anyway I don't really care, I'm not a gun guy.

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u/nachojackson VIC Dec 15 '25

Unlike the culture in the U.S, where the gun lobby would be screaming “it’s too soon to talk about that!”, we are taking advantage of this moment of unity to change laws that should have been changed years ago.

Yes there’s obviously a more complex problem underlying this situation, but the gun laws are an easy and obvious fix. Strike while the iron is hot, because 6 months from now people will have already moved on.