Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

When the Prime Minister announced his intention to recall parliament and to legislate in the way that we have described he said that those who had committed this horrendous act at Bondi had 'hatred in their minds and lethal weapons in their hands'. This parliament and this government need to address both. We are seeking to get dangerous guns off our streets with the largest national buyback since 1996. There are also the gun reforms limiting the number of firearms to be held by any one individual, because someone in suburban Sydney probably doesn't need six guns. They limit open-ended licensing and allow additional use of criminal intelligence to underpin firearms licensing, and our reforms ensure that only Australian citizens can own guns. These are important reforms that continue the work of John Howard, Tim Fischer and Kim Beazley. (Time expired)