NSW parliament was urgently recalled to pass sweeping gun control changes and protest restrictions in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre, despite warnings about rushed law-making. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.
00:00Today we're introducing new laws, tough new laws, to protect the community, to crack down on hate and strengthen public safety.
00:07Sweeping gun control reforms and controversial protest bans are set to become law after NSW Parliament was urgently recalled in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
00:18Legislative changes the government's introducing into the Parliament in what is effectively an emergency session in order to pass much needed legislative change in NSW to keep the people of this state safe and to take decisive action in the wake of that terrorist, that terrible terrorist incident last Sunday.
00:38The legislation included caps on firearm ownership, limits on magazine capacity and tighter licence renewal rules, alongside new powers to ban public protests during an active terrorism designation.
00:53The legislation bans the public displays of terrorist symbols, outlaws violence, incitement to violence in NSW and gives police stronger powers during public assemblies.
01:07It also delivers the toughest firearm reforms in the country.
01:11It does restrict access to high-risk weapons, strengthening licence, storage and oversight regimes in the state.
01:19I know that this legislative change will be met with opposition both on the floor of Parliament and in the community.
01:26On many of the measures that we're proposing, I've heard members of the public say that we've gone too far,
01:32but I strongly believe that these changes to law and legislation in NSW are fundamentally important to keep the people of this state safe.
01:42We can't pretend that the world is the same as it was before that terrorist incident on Sunday.
01:48Some civil liberties groups condemned the proposed protest bans as government overreach,
01:54while some Jewish and pro-Palestinian organisations accused political leaders of exploiting tragedy to curtail freedoms.
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