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Final Report 2019 No. 26 _______________ PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA _______________ HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SELECT COMMITTEE ON FIREARMS LEGISLATION AND POLICY Final Report ______________ MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Hon. Mrs Petrusma (Chair) (from 30 July 2019) Dr Broad (Deputy Chair) Mr Brooks (until 19 March 2019) Mr Shelton (until 30 July 2019) Mr Tucker (from 19 March 2019) Dr Woodruff Table of Contents Chair’s Foreword ............................................................................................................................ 4 1 Background, appointment, terms of reference and conduct of the inquiry ................. 6 Background ................................................................................................................. 6 Appointment and Terms of Reference ...................................................................... 9 Membership of the Committee ................................................................................ 12 Conduct of the Inquiry ............................................................................................... 12 Christchurch mosque shootings ............................................................................... 13 2 Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 14 3 National Firearms Agreement ......................................................................................... 17 Port Arthur ................................................................................................................. 17 Compliance with the National Firearms Agreement ............................................... 23 Committee Comment ............................................................................................... 29 4 Public Health and Safety .................................................................................................. 31 Suicide ........................................................................................................................ 32 Family violence ........................................................................................................... 37 Impacts on the health system and workers ............................................................. 41 Committee Comment ............................................................................................... 43 5 Firearms in Tasmania ....................................................................................................... 45 Committee Comment ............................................................................................... 48 6 Licensing .......................................................................................................................... 50 Training and testing .................................................................................................. 50 Mental health assessment and licence applications ................................................ 53 Licence renewal ........................................................................................................ 56 Licence renewal peak every 5 years ......................................................................... 61 Licence renewal and security ................................................................................... 65 Electronic renewal .................................................................................................... 67 Interstate licence recognition .................................................................................. 69 Committee Comment ............................................................................................... 69 7 Licence and storage infringments ................................................................................... 71 Committee Comment ............................................................................................... 83 2 8 Primary producers ........................................................................................................... 85 Wildlife management and crop protection .............................................................. 91 Use of sound suppressors ........................................................................................ 99 Committee Comment ............................................................................................... 112 9 Sports shooting issues .................................................................................................... 113 Committee Comment .............................................................................................. 120 10 Other licence categories issues ...................................................................................... 121 Committee Comment .............................................................................................. 126 11 Use of firearms by minors .............................................................................................. 128 Committee Comment ............................................................................................... 131 12 Proposals for a Government Consultative Group on Firearms .................................... 132 A Firearm Owners Council ....................................................................................... 132 A Broad-based Consultative Group on Firearms .................................................... 133 Ombudsman ............................................................................................................. 136 Committee Comment .............................................................................................. 137 Appenidix A: Submissions ........................................................................................................... 138 Appendix B: Documents received .............................................................................................. 142 Appendix C: Minutes ................................................................................................................... 144 Appendix D: Dissenting Statement of Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP, Member for Franklin .......... 157 3 CHAIR’S FOREWORD On behalf of the House of Assembly Select Committee on Firearms Legislation and Policy, I am pleased to present this report. This Inquiry was established with tri-partisan support to be a platform for all stakeholders’ views to be heard on Tasmania's firearms legislation and policy. The Select Committee was tasked with investigating a number of issues. The Terms of Reference included: inquiring into and reporting on current and future firearms licensing regimes, including training and testing, licence renewal, licence infringement and licence categories; compliance with the provisions of the National Firearms Agreement; the roles of Tasmania Police, Firearms Services and the creation of a broad-based consultative committee; consideration of public submissions to the Legislative Council firearms laws inquiry; and any other relevant matters. The Government in establishing the Inquiry stated that: ‘We believe that inquiring into these issues and providing considered analysis will only serve to better inform public discussion and guide future policy. We remain committed as a government to making practical improvements to firearms laws, as has occurred more than a dozen times since 1996, but we do agree that there needs to be widespread community understanding and support for any change. The Government's overriding principle in relation to any proposed changes to the law continues to be that we will not do anything to undermine the National Firearms Agreement.’ The Inquiry, therefore, examined the vast range of issues and concerns of both proponents of firearm safety and firearm users. The Select Committee received 71 submissions and held six public hearings, in both Hobart and Launceston, with thirty- four witnesses. The Select Committee also considered the 101 public submissions received by the previous Legislative Council Committee. All these submissions and public hearings provided the Select Committee with a detailed cognisance of the diverse range of views on firearms legislation and policy. This Report therefore endeavours to reflect this range of views. On behalf of the Select Committee, I would like to thank all those who took their time to make submissions to the Inquiry and for sharing their invaluable experience and knowledge at our hearings about the many facets and impacts of firearms legislation and policy. 4 The Select Committee especially wants to acknowledge that the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 still causes trauma and pain for those who experienced it, and its profound effects are still felt by many today. In closing, I extend my sincere gratitude to all the Members of the Select Committee as well as Mr Todd Buttsworth, Committee Secretary, for his excellent and tireless support. Hon. Jacquie Petrusma MP Chair 5 1 BACKGROUND, APPOINTMENT, TERMS OF REFERENCE AND CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY Background 1.1 On the 9 February 2018, the Tasmanian Government issued a policy document to a number of stakeholders outlining proposed changes to firearms legislation and policy in Tasmania. 1.2 According to the Government, the policy was created in consultation with the Tasmanian Firearms Consultative Committee.1 1.3 The policy document included the following: the establishment of a Tasmanian Firearms Owners Council; a nine-member statutory body to provide advice to the Minister for
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