Category Archives: Queensland Government

Queensland Police promise new gun theft monitoring program

Queensland Police have announced they have introduced a monitoring program to track gun thefts following the accidental release of shooters’ information. Or so they are saying. The data leak READERS will recall that earlier this year, Queensland Police accidently released the email addresses of over 500 shooters in the Moreton area. In the wrong hands, […]

Why our lawmakers want appearance laws

– which they base on ‘could’, ‘may’, ‘potential’ and ‘assumption’ The NSC wrote to eight jurisdictional regulators about the policy rationale underpinning our appearance laws and has received seven responses back. Of those seven: Two jurisdictions offered explanations of why they have the laws; One jurisdiction showed it doesn’t even understand what its own laws […]

REGISTRY SPIES: Qld snoops while NSW dupes

The Queensland registry is lobbying the Queensland Government to access to the Commonwealth’s MyHealth Records system to use the information it holds against shooters. Meanwhile, the New South Wales registry is duping our veterens into providing medical information in exchange for free firearm licences. Our advice is that: If you live in Queensland and suspect […]

Qld cops seize a stolen gun, lose it, then sell it to another shooter

In this story: A top end handgun gets stolen from a licensed shooter; Five years later, Queensland Police recover it from a crime and advise the owner he will be able to get it back after 3 months when they have finished using it as evidence; QldPol then deny knowledge of the gun – which […]

Queensland authorities remain silent over data breach

WALL OF SILENCE: Queensland authorities have gone to ground after being challenged to put in measures to monitor gun thefts after they accidently released confidential firearm registry information of over 500 people in the Moreton area. The list of identifiable email addresses was accidently leaked by Queensland Police in January, when ironically, it was advising […]

NSC pushes Queensland Government to account for gun thefts

The NSC is pushing the Queensland Government to agree to monitor gun thefts to see if there is any increase in the theft rate following the recent mishandling of shooter licence information by Queensland Police. The NSC has written to Queensland’s Police Minister and Office of the Information Commissioner, in a move to hold Queensland […]