❓ Question regarding the process of firearm licence renewal at Australia Post, specifically if potentially unsuitable individuals are identified. The Minister's response is evasive and deflects from the core issue, leading to interjections and highlighting concerns about auditing processes.
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FIREARM LICENCES — AUSTRALIA POST
I have a supplementary question. If a spaced out, wild eyed, dishevelled man appears at Australia Post for the renewal of his firearm licence, will the police just process that on the paperwork without any question being asked about whether it is appropriate for this man to continue to hold a firearm licence? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I have a supplementary question. If a spaced out, wild eyed, dishevelled man appears at Australia Post for the renewal of his firearm licence, will the police just process that on the paperwork without any question being asked about whether it is appropriate for this man to continue to hold a firearm licence? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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I like the example that the Leader of the Opposition gives. He has picked out—what was it—a spaced out, dishevelled man. I would assume that no matter where he went — Mr E.S. Ripper : Wild eyed as well! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I like the example that the Leader of the Opposition gives. He has picked out—what was it—a spaced out, dishevelled man. I would assume that no matter where he went — Mr E.S. Ripper : Wild eyed as well! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
I like the example that the Leader of the Opposition gives. He has picked out—what was it—a spaced out, dishevelled man. I would assume that no matter where he went — Mr E.S. Ripper : Wild eyed as well! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Wild eyed as well! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I like the example that the Leader of the Opposition gives. He has picked out—what was it—a spaced out, dishevelled man. I would assume that no matter where he went — Mr E.S. Ripper : Wild eyed as well! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
I like the example that the Leader of the Opposition gives. He has picked out—what was it—a spaced out, dishevelled man. I would assume that no matter where he went — Mr E.S. Ripper : Wild eyed as well! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Wild eyed as well! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Wild eyed—that could apply to a few people in this chamber! At the end of the day, if there were any concerns then the firearms department would deal with that. Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : But they will not actually see the wild eyes! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I can see the point the Leader of the Opposition is making inasmuch if that very strange circumstance were to happen, but the Leader of the Opposition is talking about a hypothetical — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the Leader of the Opposition is so worried about that, that person would already hold a firearm licence. That wild eyed, spaced out, dishevelled person would have to be the holder of a firearm licence anyway and he would be under regular audit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Every firearm licence holder is audited by the police. They go and check whether the gun — Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Ms M.M. Quirk : They do not; the Auditor General says that! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : If the member wanted to ask the question—ask the question! We have the member for Girrawheen — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Members, there is only one person I want to hear the answer from and that is the Minister for Police. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. Member for Girrawheen, you do have an opportunity in this place to ask questions, you know that, and I will give you the call, but at this moment I formally call you for the first time. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : As I have said, the police do carry out audits. They may not have been to the degree that the Auditor General would have liked, but they carry out audits and I would suggest that the response from the police — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Member! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I preferred it when the member was not too well and she did not have a voice. If the member wanted to ask the question, she should have asked the question. The Leader of the Opposition was wheeled out at the weekend with a plan for community policing. There was no plan in his press statement; it was a load of garbage criticising the government for the good work it is doing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : So, Mr Speaker — Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : How about giving them a few mobile phones and a few cars — The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr E.S. Ripper : — and some motorcycles back! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I will take the Leader of the Opposition up on that; I am keeping him. Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mrs C.A. Martin : So hurry up and answer the question! Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : Goodness me! I do not know why every time I get up I attract this sort of attention. The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
The police accepted that there were some shortfalls in relation to the Auditor General’s report—they did and they are addressing those. I believe that the police will do that in a very methodical way. However, in relation to the licensing of firearms, if a new person is applying for a firearm licence, he has to go to a police station. Existing firearm licence holders can simply put their applications through Australia Post, present themselves to Australia Post and then apply through Australia Post.
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