NEDLAC respond to GOSA's letter.

LINK:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jO-1FJiqzuVzQK0Tzuim-EsktMTEMjI8/view?usp=drivesdk

MARTIN HOOD- NEDLAC FEEDBACK

https://youtu.be/J9JTtnHPkeE?si=Go4iHezUeNDG9J3o

MARTIN HOOD- NEDLAC FEEDBACK

https://youtu.be/J9JTtnHPkeE?si=Go4iHezUeNDG9J3o

This is good news - the right folks seem to be there, and are debunking the myths around firearms etc.

Well done to all involved.

MARTIN HOOD- NEDLAC FEEDBACK

https://youtu.be/J9JTtnHPkeE?si=Go4iHezUeNDG9J3o

This is good news - the right folks seem to be there, and are debunking the myths around firearms etc.

Well done to all involved.

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GOSA RESPONSE TO NEDLAC 08 DECEMBER 2025

LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yoKcyCMLi1SwT6o2SH1or2m3R_9leaO/view?usp=drivesdk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on39BtNFnrs

GOSA DIRECTOR & ATTORNEY LARRY MARKS AT NEDLAC DISCUSSIONS

https://youtu.be/Wvdc2kCJTJM?si=BQQ_I_yCIUN2IkAI

GOSA CHAIRMAN PAUL OXLEY AT NEDLAC DISCUSSIONS

https://youtu.be/0g6anXd8vTw?si=iM8mdPxgLJz1Fgzk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPT08tnIG4

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There are already moves to limit gun ownership in Oz. Here are some comments regarding that.

Oz data
943,274 licensed firearm owners.
• 4,078,746 legally owned firearms.
• One of the most regulated civilian communities in Australia.
• Licensed shooters are law-abiding, peaceful Australians — not criminals.
• The actions of two people do not justify punishing 943,000+ compliant citizens.
• Tragedy should never be leveraged to push blanket reform against people who follow the law.
• Australia has a rich history of self-reliance: home gardens, backyard chooks, family fishing trips, rabbiting for fur and a feed.
• With the cost of living skyrocketing, more Australians are choosing to supplement their food supply ethically.
• Many of us want to know exactly where our food comes from - from field to table, with personal responsibility every step of the way.
• You don't have to hunt or fish to understand it — but not understanding doesn't make it wrong, barbaric, or immoral.
• Owning different firearms for different lawful purposes is no different to a golfer carrying different clubs.
• We train. We store safely. We comply. We are not the problem.
• The government's tone-deaf confusion between known extremist behaviour (already on their radar) and law-abiding firearm owners is astounding.
• Law and order should be front and centre.
• Border integrity and screening of known extremists should be front and centre.
• Target criminals — not citizens living peacefully and legally off the land.
• Do not punish compliance.
• Do not threaten lawful ways of life.
• Do not confuse terrorists with responsible Australians.

Proposed letter to politicians in Oz.

Queensland State and Federal Members of Parliament

Dear Members of Parliament,

Re: Targeting of Licensed Firearms Owners Following the Bondi Junction Tragedy

I am writing to express serious concern about the continued political focus on licensed firearms owners following the Bondi Junction tragedy. While the event was deeply distressing, current policy responses appear disconnected from both the facts of the incident and evidence-based public safety outcomes.

Licensed firearms owners in Queensland and across Australia are subject to some of the most stringent regulatory controls in the world. These include comprehensive background checks, ongoing suitability assessments, mandatory training, secure storage inspections, and the power for police to revoke licences at any time. Available crime data consistently show that licensed firearms owners are statistically unlikely to commit violent offences, particularly in public spaces.

There is no credible evidence that further restricting the licences of compliant licence holders would have prevented the Bondi attack. What *is* evident is a failure of government systems—particularly in mental health intervention, threat identification, and inter-agency information sharing. These are matters of state and federal responsibility and warrant direct accountability.

Public reporting indicates the offender had a long history of serious mental health concerns. This raises unavoidable questions about why existing mechanisms for early intervention and risk management failed, despite multiple opportunities for action. Redirecting blame toward law-abiding firearms owners does not address these failures.

At the federal level, the government has reaffirmed its commitment to increased humanitarian intake, including refugees from conflict regions such as Gaza. While humanitarian obligations are important, public confidence depends on transparent and rigorous security and risk assessment processes. It is reasonable to ask why licensed firearms owners are subjected to continuous scrutiny while other policy areas involving public safety risk receive limited public explanation.

The Prime Minister’s support for recognition of a Palestinian state further highlights the need for coherent risk management. Major foreign policy positions can carry domestic security and social cohesion implications, which must be openly acknowledged and responsibly managed rather than offset through unrelated domestic restrictions.

I therefore respectfully ask:

* Why are licensed firearms owners being further scrutinised when evidence does not support their connection to this tragedy?
* What accountability measures are in place to address failures in mental health oversight and threat management?
* How are security and risk assessments applied consistently across firearms regulation, refugee intake, and foreign policy decisions?

Australians expect public policy that is evidence-based, proportionate, and fair. Continued persecution of compliant firearms owners will not improve public safety and undermines confidence in government decision-making.

I request a clear and substantive response.

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I found this on an Aussie hunting forum. We have an even greater problem with diversity of people and their cultures in South Africa. Our constitution seems to cover a lot of these issues, but our murder rate paints another picture.

From Heston Russell - I like his style:

What happened in Bondi was an act of terror and mass murder. Innocent people were killed while going about their lives, and families and a community have been shattered.

Moments like this rightly stop a nation - but they also test us.

In 2021, I raised the Australian Values Party for a simple reason:
Values are the bedrock of culture, society, and social cohesion.
Without shared values, laws become hollow, debate becomes tribal, and unity fractures.

Australia relies not only on laws, but on morals and ethics - the standards that shape how laws are written, interpreted, and enforced.

During my time in the Special Forces, when I was responsible for running the Commando Selection Course, we selected people almost entirely on values. Skills could be trained. Fitness could be built. Tactics could be taught.
But values - integrity, responsibility, respect for others, self-discipline, and accountability - had to already be ther

Get the values right, and together you can train the right people, build the right culture, and achieve extraordinary outcomes.

Values define identity.

Many Australians may not know this, but the Department of Home Affairs already has an Australian Values Statement - and it is not symbolic

Every person entering Australia on a temporary visa, and every applicant progressing through to permanent residency, is required as a literal part of their visa processing to read, sign, and agree to this Values Statement.

Ironically, many people born here have never seen it.

The Australian Government’s Values Statement includes commitment to:

Respect for the freedom and dignity of the individual.

Freedom of religion, including the freedom not to follow a particular religion.

Freedom of speech and freedom of association.

Commitment to the rule of law - that all people are subject to the law & should obey it.

Parliamentary democracy.

Equality of opportunity for all people, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.

A “fair go”, embracing mutual respect, tolerance, compassion for those in need, and equality of opportunity.

Recognition of the English language as the national language and a unifying element of Australian society.

These values already exist. They are agreed to.
But they are not enshrined, visible, or enforced in the way they should be

The United States has a Bill of Rights. Religions have commandments.
Australia already has its values - and I believe they should be:

Enshrined in law;

Displayed in government buildings and public institutions;

Used as the moral and ethical charter against which laws, decisions, and actions are measured; and

Form a clear basis for accountability - including removal or deportation where those values are fundamentally rejected or violated.

These values are not about religion or ideology.
They cut across religion, culture, and background. They are about people and purpose - not prophets or politics.

They include freedom of religion - but not before commitment to the rule of law, and respect for the freedom and dignity of the individual.

What we are seeing now - politicians fumbling for words, grasping at policy responses, defaulting to symbolic gestures or rushed fixes - is what happens when leaders are not anchored in clear, shared values. Many likely don’t even know these values already exist.

Agreed values must be known, communicated, understood, accepted - and enforced.

Tragedies like Bondi also expose bias - particularly political bias. It hasn’t taken long to see people using this moment to attack.

To be clear: I don’t care much for Anthony Albanese at all.
But pretending that any Prime Minister is personally responsible for every failure across years of policy, bureaucracy, intelligence, policing, and licensing decisions is a bit of a stretch. His failures in leadership however, are not.

If we are serious about preventing this from happening again, then we need to examine the entire chain - honestly and without fear.

That means asking how:
An individual could be placed on a terrorism watch-list in 2019;
Yet remain within the system without effective intervention;
And how, despite that, a direct family member - his Father - could later be granted a firearms licence.
Those questions matter. Because risk does not exist in isolation.
Accountability doesn’t stop at the front counter.
It runs through agencies, information-sharing, assessment frameworks, leadership, oversight - and ultimately all the way up.

Before rushing to impose broad new restrictions on millions of law-abiding Australians, we should first identify where the system failed, who made those decisions, and why - and then hold those responsible properly to account.

Anything less is politics, not leadership.

Finally, a word of caution.

In the aftermath of violence, vultures appear - in media, in politics and online. Trauma becomes a tool. Fear becomes currency. Division becomes profitable.

We owe the victims and their families more than noise.
We owe them clarity, responsibility, and courage.

That starts - and ends - with values.

Sincerely,
Heston

Proposed letters to members of parliament by gun owning Aussies. Might be good templates to follow by using our crime statistics.

My name is Simon x, and I am a resident of Glenmore Park and a law-abiding firearm owner. I am writing to you today because the current firearm law reform proposals are a critical, vote-deciding issue for me and my family.

I am deeply troubled by the Minns Government’s decision to recall Parliament to push through "urgent" restrictions on licensed owners. To be clear, targeting law-abiding citizens with arbitrary limits is a political smoke screen designed to cover for significant administrative and intelligence failures.

It has been widely reported that the individuals involved in the tragic Bondi Beach incident were already known to intelligence agencies. Existing laws already provide the NSW Police Commissioner with the power to revoke licenses and remove firearms from households with terrorist or extremist affiliations. The fundamental question the Government must answer is: Why did these existing systems fail? Instead of addressing why current protocols were not followed, Labor is choosing to penalize 250,000 law-abiding citizens who have done nothing wrong.

I specifically wish to register my opposition to:

Arbitrary Firearm Limits: Capping the number of firearms (reportedly to 3) is a logistical nightmare for recreational hunters and sports shooters. Different calibers are required by law and ethics for different game; a .22 used for rabbits is neither legal nor humane for feral pigs or deer. This proposal ignores animal welfare and practical land management.

Removal of Appeal Rights: Removing the right to an NCAT appeal is a violation of due process. No citizen should have their property or license seized based on "secret intelligence" without the right to an independent review.

As my local representative, I urge you to hold the Labor Government to account. I ask that you and your Coalition colleagues vote against these overreaching amendments and demand that the focus remain on criminal elements and intelligence failures rather than the rights of responsible residents in NSW.

I look forward to your written response regarding your stance on this Bill before it reaches the floor for debate.