00:01The first shot fired in a parliamentary fight on gun reform.
00:06Highly contested legislation to beef up firearms laws tabled in Parliament today.
00:11This is a significant suite of reforms that will ensure that we get the balance right.
00:17As agreed after the Bondi massacre, the bill progresses the National Firearms Register
00:21and supports intelligence sharing efforts.
00:24The government is pushing ahead with reclassifying straight pull and button or lever release shotguns
00:30and making citizenship a licence requirement.
00:34But current licence holders and gun owners won't be affected.
00:38Rather than unduly penalising those people, it allows us to establish a framework moving forward.
00:44The grandfathering raising the ire of Labor and the Greens.
00:48If you're soft on guns, you're soft on crime and this is a massive backflip from Premier Rockleaf.
00:53It is very clear that this police minister does not understand that public safety is a core part of his
00:58job.
00:59The minister says the bill will be debated when Parliament returns in September.
01:04But Labor has promised to fight for ownership caps to be included.
01:08This is a betrayal of Tasmanians and community safety by Premier Rockleaf.
01:12He has a position to support unlimited guns.
01:16Caps won't deliver a community safety benefit because only law-abiding firearms owners
01:21will have caps imposed upon them.
01:23It's not just caps that will be up for debate.
01:25This bill includes mandatory minimum jail terms for firearm theft and new rules for antique guns.
01:33Both of which the Greens want to challenge.
01:36The Tasmanian government is proposing a six-month voluntary buyback also be held.
01:41The cost yet to be determined.
01:43The Commonwealth has written to Tasmania and will work through those negotiations.
01:48This bill to catch the
