Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I refer the honourable member to my earlier answer: not only is there no prospect or chance of any kind of my government weakening Australia's gun laws—by which I assume he means the National Firearms Agreement—but we are constantly seeking to strengthen them. We are increasing the penalties for the illegal importation of firearms. We are standing up against illegal trafficking in guns all the time. That is our commitment. So there is no prospect of any weakening of or change to the National Firearms Agreement—other than one that in fact would strengthen it.

Let us be quite clear: Senator Leyonhjelm, the libertarian senator, as he said today in his doorstop, is not proposing any weakening of John Howard's gun laws. There is no proposal to weaken John Howard's gun laws. What has been identified is—

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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