ADJOURNMENT

Mr CHAFFEY (Parkes) (19:40): With much fanfare over the weekend, the Labor New South Wales and federal governments announced they had arrived at an agreed gun buyback scheme. Anthony Albanese and Chris Minns proudly stood before the press and confirmed that law-abiding gun owners in New South Wales will be their scapegoats. Months after rushing the new federal reform in, in early January this year, the first official agreement between the federal government and any state and territory was confirmed—and what a disaster this was.

Close to one million law-abiding gun owners around the country, including farmers and sporting shooters and owners of firearm shops who watched their businesses evaporate, were presented with this very insulting scheme. There were months of confusion, months of inability to plan and months of uncertainty. The announcement was wrapped up with a bow, but it was no gift.

It has already been widely criticised by sporting shooters, by farming organisations and by gun-shop owners. The NSW Farmers Association called it a disgrace that is punishing hardworking farmers who will not receive full and fair compensation for firearms, equipment or ammunition. The New South Wales branch of the Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia said it raised more questions than gave answers.

Even the Australian Jewish Association have slammed the government as being disgraceful for using the Bondi tragedy as an excuse to target lawful firearms owners. They all want these unfair gun laws repealed. The owners of firearm shops are waiting for the punchline.

Some have losses climbing into the millions and have lost up to 90 per cent of their gun sales. They have items that were on order that will never, ever be picked up—guns, accessories and ammunition that can now not be sold—and customers who are confused about what they can legally buy. They're on their knees.

The government's best offer is $25,000. That's $25,000 that does not even touch the sides of the hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions of dollars, of losses. This is a program clearly devised by people who don't understand or simply don't care.

Close to one million law-abiding gun owners are being punished for the actions of two extremist Islamic terrorists at Bondi Beach. There is plenty to show that none of these laws would have made a difference at all. They would not have saved those who were injured or the lives of those who died.

They would not have stopped the two men who had already illegally acquired weapons. That is why the Nationals are challenging these unfair laws through legislation in this place. We're the only party to proudly do so.

The Firearms Legislation Amendment (Repealing Unfair Gun Laws) Bill 2026 restores Commonwealth firearms and importation law to its position before the passage of Labor's combating antisemitism, hate and extremist firearms law and customs amendments of 2026. It will repeal these laws and abolish Labor's stalled national gun buyback scheme. New South Wales is the only state that has announced the buyback to this date, and we can already see how inadequate the measures really are.

Many other states and territories have simply said, 'No deal, we don't want anything to do with it.' More than 71,000 Australians have signed the petition protesting against these crazy reforms. They were made without consultation. They were made without due consideration.

They were made without a practical way forward to those one million who have been affected. We don't know how much this will cost, how it will work or how many firearms need to be surrendered. We don't know how deeply those whose livelihoods depend on the firearms will be impacted, although we're certainly starting to see what that looks like.

We don't know how many jobs will go and what the overall impact on our economy will be. Where is the research? Where is the solid plan?

And, once again, where is the consultation? This is about fairness, this is about evidence, and this is about getting the balance right. And it's not too late.

There have been months of confusion, but it can be resolved. We should target terrorists and criminals and enforce the laws we already have. (Time expired)