The Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk Premier of Queensland Via E-mail to thepremier@premiers.qld.gov.au March 28, 2020 Dear Ms Palaszczuk, I write regarding the “Direction from Chief Health Officer in accordance with emergency powers arising from the declared public health emergency (No. 3)” issued by the state’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jeanette Young, at 10:43pm on March 27, 2020. As part of this ...

Christopher DawsonWA Police CommissionerVia E-mail March 27, 2020 Commissioner Dawson, I write regarding the “Closure of Gun Shops” direction issued by you today (March 27, 2020). To be frank, Commissioner, it is appalling and quite literally the sort of thing we would have expected in East Germany during the Cold War, not a state of Australia in 2020. How does ...

One of our missions here at Shooters Union Australia is fighting anti-gun bias in the media (and elsewhere), and we’re delighted to share that we’ve had a significant win on that front – and set a precedent in the process. You may recall last year, Channel Nine ran a story on the Wedgetail WT-15-01 gun, a semi-automatic firearm based on ...

WE are delighted to announce we have an official presence in South Australia now, with Peter Heggie – proprietor of The Gunnery firearms dealership and shooting range in Adelaide – coming on board as our official South Australian representative. Peter is passionate about standing up for shooters and making sure they are properly represented and looked after – both as ...

ONCE again, a major Australian media outlet is giving precious column inches to the inane thought bubbles of Gun Control Australia. The latest offender is Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph, which ran a story entitled “Guns Out For Schoolboys” on February 29. We’re not going to link to the story – we know that media metrics only record total clicks/visits to ...

Ensuring Gel Blasters remain classified as toys, a national permanent firearms amnesty and implementing digital firearms licences and PTAs topped the agenda of a recent Commonwealth- level meeting in Canberra attended by Shooters Union Australia. Our vice president David Brown attended a Federal Firearms Stakeholder committee meeting in Canberra on February 28, following an invitation from Border Force representatives for ...

The Queensland Government currently has a “Public consultation on Gel Blasters and other Replica Firearms” underway. The consultation/survey can be found here: https://www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/gi/consultation/7300/view.html It is very obvious to us the survey has been worded with a view to further restricting gel blasters and replica guns in Queensland, so it is important as many law-abiding firearms users (and people who are ...

In a huge win for shooters, the NT News is reporting the Northern Territory Police Service has apparently agreed to reverse its recategorisation of the Savage A22R and Verney-Carron Speedline rifles. Late last year, the Acting NT Police Commissioner used his powers under the Territory’s Firearms Act to declare the guns were Category C and D respectively, effectively banning them. ...

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One of the questions we get asked is: How come we’re not constantly fighting the State Governments in court every time they pass anti-gun laws? The simple answer is: Fighting Governments in court is really expensive, even if you win – and even more so if you don’t. However, it’s become increasingly apparent that there are cases where it’s a ...