Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Ellison. I am sure that he and all senators will join me in wishing Sergeant Les Cooper, who was shot three times in Tasmania yesterday, a speedy recovery. Minister, in the wake of allegations that a hand gun may have been used in this callous crime, is the government going to review the increasing loss through crime of hand guns in Australia for illegal use and the increasing importation of hand guns, including rapid fire semiautomatic hand guns, with a view to ensuring that they do not fall into criminal hands or are potentially available for criminal use and use against authorised police and security officers?