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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1234 asked in the Legislative Council on 23 November 2022 by Hon Dr Brian Walker

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

FIREARMS ACT

1234. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer the minister to his media statement of March 2022 announcing plans to revise the Firearms Act.

(1) Has the public consultation phase announced in that media release been concluded; and, if so, on what date did it conclude, how many submissions were received and/or bodies consulted, and will the minister table a list of those organisations that had input to date?

(2) If no to (1), on what date is its conclusion envisaged?

(3) Can the minister confirm that it is his intention to bring forward a bill for a new and updated Firearms Act within the lifetime of this Parliament?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

The following information has been provided by the Minister for Police.

(1) No.

(2) In the third quarter of 2023.

(3) Yes.