Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Sydney for her question. I have been waiting about a year for a question from the member for Hunter. Whilst I have been waiting, the Samsung 7 has blown up, caught on fire; Brad and Angelina are no longer Brangelina. I have been waiting for the Santa Claus of politics, the member for Hunter, but he only comes once a year and it is obviously not my day. Anyway, the member for Sydney has asked me a question. What I can say is this: this is obviously a question that will be discussed by the relevant state ministers, and I look forward to their deliberations. You asked me whether we use firearms on farms for pest control—yes, we do; whether we use them for recreation—yes, we do. You should have asked the question about where most of the illegal firearms come from. They are actually imported illegally, and 97 per cent of crimes, we find, are actually using illegal firearms. How to they get in? They get imported through the post—

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