00:00The one aspect of gun law reform that is absolutely essential in New South Wales, and it will
00:05be controversial, is for police to use criminal intelligence, not just a criminal record,
00:12in determining whether someone should keep a gun licence or even be granted a gun licence
00:16in this state. And what I'm trying to say is, if we can craft a law that the police
00:20commissioner can say, I've got concerns about this person, I don't want them having access
00:25to a gun, notwithstanding the fact that they don't have a criminal record. That's the
00:29kind of legislation that we want to see in New South Wales. I feel it's incredibly important
00:33of me as the Premier of New South Wales to respond to some of these questions. The New South Wales
00:38police acted with bravery and integrity. They didn't take a backward step, they engaged the gunman
00:45on the footbridge with handguns. The offenders had long-range rifles and New South Wales police
00:53officers were responsible for killing one of them and shooting the other one, and as a result, saving
01:00many, many people's lives. Now there are two officers in critical care in New South Wales hospitals
01:06at the moment. They weren't shot in the back as they were running away, they were shot in the front.
01:10I'm sorry to be graphic about it, but if there's any suggestion that New South Wales police didn't live
01:16up to their responsibilities to the people of this state, it should be rejected because it's not
01:21consistent with the facts. New South Wales police officers, some of whom had been in the job for a
01:27number of months, put their lives on the line to save people in this state, and I think this rush to
01:33conclusions before all the facts are known, in my view, is disrespectful to their actions on Sunday.
01:40I'm sorry, but I do have a responsibility. Was it a failure of staffing?
01:48I don't think there's any doubt that if we had our time again, of course we would do things
01:53differently. And part of our response with the Jewish community and the people of New South Wales
01:58through Operation Shelter, working closely with the CSG, who are responsible for security in the Jewish
02:04community, is to ensure that we can work with them in the future. I can't take back Sunday,
02:09nobody can, but what we can do is ensure that in the future we are putting security in place
02:15so that we rebuild trust with the Jewish community. I know that this is an existential threat for some
02:22members of the Jewish community because this was a targeted attack on members of the Jewish community.
02:27I know in many cases I saw Rabbi Wolf speak passionately about being more Jewish, refusing to hide.
02:35I thought that was such a brave and important message to send to the people of Australia and
02:40New South Wales. But we have to work with them and walk with them on that journey. And it is,
02:45hang on a second, and it's an urgent priority to rebuild Jewish social life in this state.
02:50Premier, we have just learned that a gun licence, that Sajid Akram was granted in 2023, after his
02:59son became the authority to become aware of his son. Was it then a failure of intelligence that the New
03:07South Wales Police Firearms Registry that grant those licences did not know that his son, with whom he
03:15lived, was at one stage under the investigation. Look, it's too early to say or make a pronouncement
03:22in relation to that. But one aspect of gun law reform that is absolutely essential in New South
03:27Wales, and it will be controversial, is for police to use criminal intelligence, not just a criminal
03:34record, in determining whether someone should keep a gun licence or even be granted a gun licence in
03:40this state. And what I'm trying to say is, if we can craft a law that the police commissioner can say,
03:45I've got concerns about this person, I don't want them having access to a gun,
03:49notwithstanding the fact that they don't have a criminal record,
03:52that's the kind of legislation that we want to see in New South Wales.
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