NSW Government passes Ammo Bill
Posted on 9 May 2012 by Content Manager
The Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Permits) Bill and attendant Regulation 2012 was passed by NSW Parliament yesterday in a deal between the Coalition and the Greens ... to do over the law abiding firearm owners of this State.Shooters should be concer...
Public land management is finally under review
Posted on 23 April 2012 by Content Manager
NSW Parliament has launched an Inquiry into the Management of Public Land in New South Wales, something the Shooters and Fishers Party has long been calling for.The inquiry will report on the use of public land including State Forests and National Pa...
Police bust puts final nail in Government Ammo Bill
Posted on 22 March 2012 by Content Manager
The Government wishes to reduce the incidence of drive-by shootings in Sydney – a sentiment supported by all. However the Government mistakenly believes that stricter controls on the sale of ammunition by licensed firearms dealers will somehow...
Major parties challenged on Sydney's gun crime
Posted on 15 March 2012 by Content Manager
The Shooters and Fishers Party has challenged the Coalition and Opposition to get fair dinkum in addressing Sydney's gun crime, and back its Legislation introduced into State Parliament today to make it a separate crime to use a firearm in a crime.Th...
Shooters and Fishers Party to take on WA
Posted on 14 March 2012 by Content Manager
The Shooters and Fishers Party will take on Western Australia’s entrenched anti-shooting politics by re-establishing a branch in the State and contesting the next election.Both major parties in Western Australia are now threatening to introduce...
Ad campaign targets ammo Bill
Posted on 3 March 2012 by Content Manager
The Shooters and Fishers Party has run an advertising campaign in a number of regional newspapers, opposing the Coalition Government’s Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Bill 2012.The campaign called for law abiding firearm owners to take...
Resource for writing letters on the Ammunition Control Bill
Posted on 28 February 2012 by Content Manager
Debate on the Firearms Act (Ammunition Control) Bill 2012 was adjourned on Wednesday night in the Legislative Council, and it cannot be debated again until at least 6 March when the House sits again.This gives us more time to intensify the pressure o...
Urgent! Action needed today!
Posted on 27 February 2012 by Content Manager
Apologies for the late notice – this message is particularly relevant to Newcastle and Lower Hunter firearm owners and relates to the Government's latest move to restrict your activities.John McKenzie has managed to put enough pressure on Tim O...
Environmental protesters
Posted on 24 February 2012 by Content Manager
Today I raise what appears to be a problem in the law and how it relates to anyone who claims to be an environmental protester. Our south-eastern forests contain miles and miles of native hardwood timbers which have been harvested, and probably re-ha...
Update on ammunition legislation
Posted on 23 February 2012 by Content Manager
The flood of protest calls made by firearms owners to local members of Parliament, over the Government/Green Bill to impose further controls on the sale of ammunition, has caused at least a temporary halt to debate on the legislation.The Government b...
Democracy for sale
Posted on 16 February 2012 by Content Manager
Shooters and Fishers Party MLC, Robert Borsak, says the State Government's new electoral funding laws, passed by a deal with the Greens last night, are an attack on small parties like the Shooters and Fishers Party.He said the Legislation limits and...
National Parks need to stop poisoning animals
Posted on 7 February 2012 by Content Manager
Shooters and Fishers Party MLC, Robert Borsak, says the National Parks and Wildlife Service should dump its helicopter gunships and indiscriminate poisoning approach to feral animal control and adopt more effective practical solutions.Mr Borsak said...
Forestry protesters not only abusive but dangerous
Posted on 27 January 2012 by Content Manager
The NSW forest industry is heavily regulated and operates legally and sustainably in our State Forests. They create jobs and conserve the environment and wildlife habitat, yet they are harassed and hindered by a small group of rude, offensive, recalc...
SSAA slams un-Australian proposal
Posted on 21 January 2012 by Content Manager
The Sporting Shooters Association says proposed changes to NSW electoral funding laws are undemocratic and un-Australian, and would damage the organisation’s efforts to represent their members.“The changes are seen as a blatant attempt to...
A cynical law to choke your SFP
Posted on 18 January 2012 by Content Manager
The NSW Government is proposing legislation that will cut off essential funding from smaller political parties, such as the Shooters and Fishers Party. This is an edited version of a speech given today by the Hon. John Tingle to parliament during the...
ROBERT BORSAK SPEAKS FOR SPEAROS & FISHOS
Posted on 18 October 2011 by Pete Watman
PROACTIVE FISHINGFishers - especially spearfishers need to fight for their sport. Here's Robert Borsak MLC's speech to the Upper House The Hon. ROBERT BORSAK [6.05 p.m.]: Tonight I will speak about the need for fishers, particularly spear fisher...
QLD slaps bizarre ban on 3 popular fish
Posted on 17 December 2010 by Robert Borsak
It seems one gets you three in Queensland.The State government has just announced that all fishers will be banned from catching snapper, teraglin and pearl perch from February 15 to March 31 in 2011. But they’re selling it as a snapper ban on...