Authorities could have access to details of firearm ownership across Australia in the near future after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the creation of a national database was on the cards.
Currently, firearms are registered on a state-by-state basis in Australia, yet the violent shooting of two police officers in Queensland last December has spurred political leaders to expand the system nationwide.
On Jan. 3, Prime Minister Albanese said, after a National Cabinet meeting of the country’s premiers and chief ministers, that more needed to be done between the jurisdictions.
“That was part of the issue that has been identified in Queensland, and we agreed we’d report back by the middle of the year through, the Attorneys-General Ministerial Council on the options to implement a National Firearms Register, and it’s agreed that that would be a necessary measure,” he told reporters after the meeting….